2023-09-04 10:54:20
MADRID, 4 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Vikram lander of the Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan 3 has managed to exceed the mission objectives, successfully undergoing a jump test.
After receiving a command from the control center on Earth, Vikram started the engines with which he gently touched down near the lunar south pole on August 23. “He rose about 40 centimeters as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 to 40 centimeters,” explained ISRO in its X account.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
????Vikram soft-landed on ??, again!Vikram Lander exceeded its mission objectives. It successfully underwent a hop experiment.
On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 – 40 cm away.… pic.twitter.com/T63t3MVUvI
— ISRO (@isro) September 4, 2023
For the Indian space agency, this jump represents a “boost” for the return of samples from the Moon and the development of manned missions to the satellite.
All systems functioned nominally and are in good order. They were turned off and successfully redeployed after the experiment.
Vikram is now planning to go into standby mode. Before that, on-site experiments with various payloads are carried out at the new location. Vikram will fall asleep next to the Pragyan rover once the solar power and battery run out, waiting for your awakening around September 22, 2023.
SOLAR OBSERVATORY
On the other hand, the Indian solar observatory Aditya-L1successfully launched on September 2, is maneuvering to increasingly distant elliptical orbits from Earth before heading to its final position at the L1 point of equilibrium of gravity between the Sun and Earth, to 1.5 million kilometers, where it will arrive in four months.
Aditya-L1 (aditya is Sanskrit for ‘sun’) is a nearly 1.5-ton space observatory built by ISRO. Your goal will be study the interaction between the photosphere, the chromosphere and the solar corona, with special emphasis on flares and coronal mass ejections.
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