November 18, 2019
He added that the efforts of rocketry experts
The lander will essentially be on autopilot, and a computer will be in charge of
firing the various thrusters and steering the lander safely down.Dr Sivan and
his colleagues, however, should wait for the big moment in early September when
"Vikramâ€, the lander, along with the rover "Pragyanâ€, is expected to break off
from the orbiter and gently land on the moon’s surface.
This will be a huge leap
forward for India’s ambitious space programme, and scientists and defence
experts everywhere are watching to see whether the country can pull it off.If
the rest of the mission goes as well, India will become the fourth nation —
after the United States, Russia and China — to land on the moon, more than
384,000 km away. A roaring thunder echoed across the sky after the rocket
blasted off exactly at 2.Amid sustained applause from his colleagues, the team
of scientists and engineers at the space agency, Dr Sivan said: "We fixed that
technical snag now and Isro bounced back with flying colours!â€
He added that the
efforts of rocketry experts paid off with the GSLV Mk-III placing Chandrayaan-2
in a better orbit than was earlier envisaged.An emotional Dr Kailasavadivoo
Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, thanked his
colleagues for the "beginning of a historic journeyâ€.."The mission has been
successfully accomplished,†announced a scientist at the Mission Control Centre,
16 minutes and 14 seconds after the 142-foot, 700-ton rocket climbed on a plume
of orange flames, before vanishing into a thick bank of clouds over the Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range. In view of the delay in
communicating across such far distances, the engineers and scientists at mission
control centre will not be able to intervene.
Sunday was the 50th anniversary of
the Apollo 11 touchdown on the earth’s natural satellite, and the anniversary
coverage has fanned lunar fever all around the world. And, the timing of the
launch could not be better. (Photo: PTI) Wholesale
Hanging vacuum storage bags Sriharikota: With their trademark hugs and a pat
on the backs of colleagues, Indian scientists celebrated the launch of
Chandrayaan-2 with the week-long delay in its 50-day journey to the moon proving
a blessing in disguise. The gigantic rocket, GSLV MkIII, propelled the country’s
second lunar probe 6,000 km deeper into space than originally planned on Monday
afternoon. Its target is a region near the moon’s mysterious south pole, where
no other missions have so far explored.
Its target is a region near the moon’s
mysterious south pole, where no other missions have so far explored. India’s
second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off onboard GSLV Mk III-M1 launch
vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on
Monday.43 pm
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