The Mission Operations Complex (MOX) in Bengaluru is "buzzing with energy and excitement", the space agency said, as the nation awaits the lunar mission's landing on Wednesday.
The live telecast of the landing operations at MOX/Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) will begin at 5.20 pm on August 23, the space agency said. On Monday, two-way communication between Chandrayaan-3 and Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, its predecessor, was established enabling MOX to have more routes to reach the lunar mission.
Chandrayaan-2 had failed to land on the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 had successfully taken off from the spaceport in Sriharikota on July 14 onboard the GSLV-Mk3 or LVM3. If successful, India will only be the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to have successfully landed on the moon.
Isro chairman S Somanath had said in a press conference in Bengaluru on July 6 that Isro was confident of successful soft-landing this time and had said some changes had been made to the lander to achieve this.
Isro has set three main objectives for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which include soft landing on the surface of the moon, observing and demonstrating the rover's loitering capabilities on the moon, doing scientific experiments on the chemical and natural elements, soil, and water available on the surface of the moon to better understand the composition of the moon.
While Chandrayaan-2 carried an orbiter along with Vikram (lander) and Pragyan (the rover), Chandrayaan-3 is a composite of three modules: propulsion, lander and rover.
Upon a successful landing, Pragyan will slide down from Vikram, which will be captured by cameras on the lander and begin to move on the lunar surface using its wheels. Pragyan is also equipped with cameras for obstacle avoidance.
"The rover has two payloads. One of them will shoot lasers on the lunar surface and then carry out spectroscopy to analyse the gases that are emitted. This will help us understand what kind of elements the moon is made of. The other rover payload will emit radiation on the surface and then carry out spectroscopy," Somanath had said.
"We want the landing to happen when the sun rises on the moon, so we get 14-15 (earth) days to work. If landing cannot happen on these two dates (August 23, 24), we will wait for another month and land in September," he had said.
On the proposed landing site, Somanath had said: "We cannot go to the South Pole as the sun won't be visible and the lander and rover will have no power. We will go 70 metres south."
( Originally published on Aug 22, 2023 )
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