Chandrayaan-2 that ISRO plans to
launch in early January next year is enroute to Bengaluru:-
Updated: Oct 9, 2018, 06:00 IST
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payload, which will part of the India’s second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2
that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch in early
January next year is enroute to Bengaluru.
The Ka Band
Radar Altimeter and HDA Processor of the Chandrayaan-2’s Lander will arrive in
Bengaluru soon for integration with the spacecraft.
“Chandrayaan-2
Lander Ka Band Radar Altimeter and HDA Processor was flagged Space Applications
Centre (SAC) from SAC, Ahmedabad to U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. Ka
Band Radar Altimeter and HDA Processor is one of the key payloads of
Chandryaan-2,” said ISRO.
The UR Rao
Satellite Centre is the lead centre of Isro for the design, development,
fabrication and testing of all Indian made satellites.
The
Chandrayaan-2 mission involves after reaching the 100 km lunar orbit, the
Lander-Vikram which is named after Vikram Sarabhai the father of Indian space
programme housing the Rover will separate from the Orbiter. After a controlled
descent, the Lander will soft land on the lunar surface at a specified site and
deploy a Rover. The mission will carry a six-wheeled Rover that will move around
the landing site in semi-autonomous mode as decided by the ground commands. The
instruments on the rover will observe the lunar surface and send back data,
which will be useful for analysis of the lunar soil.
The Rs
800-crore Chandrayaan-2 weighing around 3,290 kg and would orbit around the
moon and perform the objectives of remote sensing the moon. The payloads will
collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental
abundance, lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.
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