India is preparing to launch Chandrayaan-3 on 14 July 2023. On the coming Friday on July 14 at 2:35 pm, India will launch its third lunar mission. ISRO, the world’s most trusted and leading space agency, is once again ready to leave its mark in space.
ISRO chief told the story of Chandrayaan-2 mission
Somnath said that due to the generation of more force, errors were created in a short period of time. The ISRO chief said, “All the errors happened together, which were much more than we expected.” The vehicle had to turn very fast. When it started turning too fast, its turning capacity was limited by software. We never expected such a situation. This was another issue.
He said the another reason for the failure was the small 500 m x 500 m site specified for landing the spacecraft. Somnath said, “The vehicle was trying to reach there by increasing its velocity. It was almost close to the surface and was continuously increasing its velocity.”
He said, in short, the problem with Chandrayaan-2 was that its capability to handle yaw was very limited. The ISRO chairman said, “So what we did this time was just to expand it further, taking care of what are the things that could go wrong.”
That’s why the lunar mission is expected to be successful
Somnath said, “We have increased the landing area from 500 meters x 500 meters to 4 kilometers x 2.5 kilometers. It can land anywhere, so it doesn’t limit you to targeting a specific point. It will only target a specific point in nominal conditions. So if the performance is bad then it can land anywhere in that region.”
He said that Chandrayaan-3 also has more fuel, so that it has more capacity to travel or handle deviations or go to an alternate landing site. The ISRO chief said that the Vikram lander now has additional solar panels on other surfaces to ensure that it continues to generate power, even when it lands on the lunar surface.
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