Students with painted faces encompass a duplicate of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft in Chennai on August 22, 2023.
A day earlier than the essential tender touchdown of the Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module on the Moon floor, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mentioned that the mission is on schedule.
On August 22, ISRO posted on social media platform X: “The mission is on schedule. Systems are undergoing regular checks. Smooth sailing is continuing. The Mission Operations Complex (MOX) is buzzed with energy & excitement!”
Lander, with Rover in its stomach, is in 25 km x 134 km orbit. It is set to land on the Moon on August 23 round 6.04 pm IST. Powered descent is anticipated to start round 5.45 p.m.
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The MOX at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru will oversee the complicated tender touchdown of the Lander Module.
A stay telecast of the touchdown operation will start at 5.20 p.m. IST on August 23.
NASA and ESA will hold a watch on Chandrayaan-3
Apart from ISTRAC, the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antenna at Byalalu close to Bengaluru, and the bottom stations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) will even be supporting ISRO within the complicated touchdown operation.
Students with painted faces type a sequence round a duplicate of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, in Chennai on August 22, 2023.
The ESA’s 35-metre deep house antenna in New Norcia, Australia, a 3rd floor station within the ESTRACK community, has been arrange to observe and talk with the Lander Module through the lunar descent part.
The New Norcia antenna will function a back-up for ISRO’s personal floor station through the descent. It will obtain details about the Lander Module’s well being, location and trajectory in parallel with the ISRO station.
NASA’s Deep Space Network can be offering telemetry and monitoring protection through the powered descent part from Deep Space Station (DSS)-36 and DSS-34 at Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, adopted by DSS-65 at Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex.
On August 22, ISRO shared photographs of the Moon captured by the Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) from an altitude of about 70 km, on August 19.
The house company defined that ‘LPDC images assist the Lander Module in determining its position (latitude and longitude) by matching them against an onboard moon reference map’.
