25.08.2023, 17:13
Indian lunar rover overcame eight meters on the surface of the Moon
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS The Indian lunar rover "Pragyan", delivered to the Moon on Wednesday by the Indian automatic station Chandrayaan-3 ("Chandrayan-3"), has already overcome eight meters on the surface of the Earth's natural satellite. This was announced on Friday by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
"All planned movements of the lunar rover have been confirmed. The lunar rover successfully covered a distance of about 8 meters," the organization said.
According to ISRO, the LBIS spectroscope and the APXS spectrometer were activated on the lunar rover to conduct scientific research.
"The entire payload of the flight module, landing module and lunar rover is working normally," the space agency noted.
Earlier, ISRO reported that the Indian lunar rover descended from the Vikram lander platform of the Indian automatic interplanetary station Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayan-3) and began exploring the Moon's surface.
The Pragyan lunar rover, equipped with various research equipment, will conduct a chemical analysis of the surface of the Earth's natural satellite. The 20 kg lunar rover mission is designed for 14 Earth days.
The lander landing with the lunar rover took place on Wednesday at 18:02 Indian time (at 15:32 Moscow time) in the area of the unexplored South Pole of the Moon.
India became the fourth country after the USSR, the USA and China to land its spacecraft on the moon.
The LVM3 rocket with the Chandrayaan-3 automatic interplanetary station was launched on July 14 from the launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center located on the island of Sriharikota. On August 5, the station was launched into a circumlunar orbit.
The previous attempt to send a lander and a lunar rover to the moon was made in 2019 as part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Then the orbiter managed to enter the circumlunar orbit, however, due to communication problems, experts were unable to correct the landing of the lander that separated from the interplanetary station, which crashed on the surface of the Moon.
The orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2 mission remained in orbit and continues to collect scientific data about the Earth's natural satellite. Within the framework of Chandrayaan-3, such a mission is not provided.
"All planned movements of the lunar rover have been confirmed. The lunar rover successfully covered a distance of about 8 meters," the organization said.
According to ISRO, the LBIS spectroscope and the APXS spectrometer were activated on the lunar rover to conduct scientific research.
"The entire payload of the flight module, landing module and lunar rover is working normally," the space agency noted.
Earlier, ISRO reported that the Indian lunar rover descended from the Vikram lander platform of the Indian automatic interplanetary station Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayan-3) and began exploring the Moon's surface.
The Pragyan lunar rover, equipped with various research equipment, will conduct a chemical analysis of the surface of the Earth's natural satellite. The 20 kg lunar rover mission is designed for 14 Earth days.
The lander landing with the lunar rover took place on Wednesday at 18:02 Indian time (at 15:32 Moscow time) in the area of the unexplored South Pole of the Moon.
India became the fourth country after the USSR, the USA and China to land its spacecraft on the moon.
The LVM3 rocket with the Chandrayaan-3 automatic interplanetary station was launched on July 14 from the launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center located on the island of Sriharikota. On August 5, the station was launched into a circumlunar orbit.
The previous attempt to send a lander and a lunar rover to the moon was made in 2019 as part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Then the orbiter managed to enter the circumlunar orbit, however, due to communication problems, experts were unable to correct the landing of the lander that separated from the interplanetary station, which crashed on the surface of the Moon.
The orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2 mission remained in orbit and continues to collect scientific data about the Earth's natural satellite. Within the framework of Chandrayaan-3, such a mission is not provided.
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