The Center for Space Applications-ISRO said on Monday regarding Chandrayaan-3 that if there are any adverse events with the lander module, then the landing will be postponed until August 27.
Nilesh M Desai, director of the ISRO Center for Space Applications in Ahmedabad, said decisions about the landing will be made based on the health of the lander modules and conditions on the Moon.
“On August 23, two hours before Chandrayaan-3 lands on the moon, we will decide whether it is suitable for landing at that time based on the health of the lander modules and the conditions on the moon. “If any factors seem unfavorable, then we will Land the module on the moon on August 27. There shouldn’t be any issues and we’ll be able to land the module on August 23rd. said Director Desai.
ISRO Chairman and Space Secretary S Somanath called on Federal Minister of State for Science, Technology, Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh in New Delhi today and briefed him on the status and readiness of “Chandrayaan-3”. The moon landing is scheduled for August 23, 2023.
The ISRO chairman briefed the minister on the health of Chandrayaan-3, saying that all systems are functioning well and no surprises are expected on Wednesday.
The health of Chandrayaan-3 will be continuously monitored for the next two days. The final landing sequence will be loaded and tested two days in advance, he said.
During the meeting, Minister Singh expressed full confidence in the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 and hoped that it would write a new history of planetary exploration under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.
ISRO said Chandrayaan-3 will land on the moon on August 23, 2023 (around 18:04 UTC).
The live broadcast will be broadcast on ISRO’s website, its YouTube channel, Facebook and public broadcaster DD National TV on 23 August 2023 at 17:27 IST.
While the Chandrayaan-2 mission was only “partially successful” as contact with the lander was lost after a hard landing, ISRO successfully performed a mission between the Chandrayaan-3 lander module and the still-orbiting Chandrayaan-2 orbiter. Two-way communication is established. In a major development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, already anchored around the moon, established a two-way connection with the Chandrayaan-3 lander on Monday.
Earlier today, ISRO shared new images of the far side of the Moon captured by Chandrayaan-3.
India will become the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat after the United States, Russia and China, but India will be the only country in the world to land on the South Pole of the Moon.
The main objectives of the Chandrayaan-3 mission are threefold: to demonstrate a safe soft landing on the lunar surface; to demonstrate a rover; and to conduct live science experiments.
The development phase of Chandrayaan-3 began in January 2020, with a planned launch sometime in 2021. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought unforeseen delays to the mission’s progress.
Jitendra Singh recalls that the first of the Chandrayaan series, Chandrayaan-1, was credited with discovering the presence of water on the moon’s surface, which was a boon for the world and for major space agencies such as the United States. new revelation. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was fascinated by this discovery and used it for further experiments.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on July 14, 2023 at 2:35 pm on a GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift vehicle.
Ahead of Chandrayaan-3’s long-awaited soft landing on the moon’s south pole, K Sivan, former director of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and leader of the previous moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, said earlier today that the mission would A “huge success”.
“It’s a very anxious time…I’m sure this one will be a great success,” Sivan said in an interview with ANI.
“We have our own systems and we will have no problem achieving a soft landing. But it’s a complicated process,” he said in response to a question about whether there would be any repercussions following the failure of Russia’s Luna-25 mission. Russia’s moon mission failed after its Luna-25 spacecraft lost control and crashed into the moon on Sunday.
Corrective measures have been taken after examining data generated by the Chandrayaan-2 mission, he said. Asked whether these add-on systems were also indigenous, Sivan said, “Everything is indigenous.”
Earlier today, ISRO released images of regions on the far side of the Moon captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera helps to find a safe landing area (no boulders or deep ditches) during the descent.
Notably, the spacecraft’s Vikram lander module recently successfully separated from the propulsion module, followed by a critical deboost maneuver and descent to a slightly lower orbit. The lander for the Chandrayaan-3 mission is named after Vikram Sarabhai (1919-1971), who is widely considered the father of the Indian space program.
A GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift vehicle was used to launch the spacecraft, which entered lunar orbit on Aug. 5, after which a series of orbital maneuvers lowered the spacecraft closer to the lunar surface.
It has been one month and seven days since ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14. The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
The stated goals of Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, are safe soft landings, rover rovers on the lunar surface and on-site scientific experiments.
The approval cost for Chandrayaan-3 is Rs. 2.5 billion rupees (excluding launch vehicle cost).
The development phase of Chandrayaan-3 began in January 2020, with a planned launch sometime in 2021. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unforeseen delays to the mission schedule.
Major scientific achievements of Chandrayaan-2 include the first global map of lunar sodium, enhanced understanding of the size distribution of craters, and definitive detection of water ice on the lunar surface using the IIRS instrument.
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