ISRO makes first welds for deep sea submersible Matsya

ISRO-VSSC & NIOT Signed MoU to Develop ‘MATSYA-6000’ Submersible Vessel

On 23rd July 2025, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), a centre under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), for the development of a Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) named ‘MATSYA-6000’, a submersible vessel […] The post ISRO-VSSC & NIOT Signed MoU to Develop ‘MATSYA-6000’ Subme…

ISRO makes first welds for deep sea submersible Matsya

New Delhi: ISRO is developing a deep-sea submersible Matsya-6000, capable of carrying humans up top depths of six km. This type of vehicle is called a bathysphere, which is the most suitable shape for distributing the crushing pressure of the deep sea equally throughout the vehicle. The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench reaches depths of 10km. Beyond six km, is the hadal zone, which makes up only two per cent of the ocean floor. Mats…

Big Step For Samudrayaan As ISRO, NIOT Complete Key Weld On Deep-Sea Submersible After ‘700 Trials’

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) have successfully completed a critical w...