Bengaluru: India Space Research Organization (ISRO), which has a year-packed year in front of it, has made great progress on the third moon mission – Chandrayaan-3.
With many related hardware and their special tests have been resolved, the team moves closer to integrated testing.
The Chairperson of Isro S Somanath told TOI: “Chandrauran-3 has gone through a series of reviews, repairs, and strengthening.
Some of them are based on the problems we have seen before.
But the problems we have learned so far may not be the only one.
The question is a lot And we need to predict many of them, which then requires correction.
Hardware is also under realization.
“While Somandangh is expected to conduct a formal review of the project later this month, the Minister of State, Department of Space, Jitendra Singh, has said that based on learning from Chandraya-2 And suggestions made by national level experts, the realization of Chandrayaan-3 is ongoing.
“The launch is scheduled for August 202,” he added.
According to more than one scientist associated with the project, testing and making landers and other systems that will be part of Chandrauran-3 ongoing in various ISRO centers while design changes have been almost complete.
ISRO respected Chandrauran-3 after failing to land Vikram (Lander) on the surface of the moon while still having Chandrayaan-2 operational sacrifice traveling around the moon.
While the mission was originally planned at the end of 2020 or 2021, the Department of Space (DOS), because Covid-19, has said earlier this year that this launch is targeted at 2022.
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because we need a certain launch window, we need to work towards the deadline , failed to move to next year.
But the top management is very clear that all steps in the process will be completed before we actually launch the mission, “said the source.
In the new year’s message on January 3, the Chair of the Isro K Sivan said: “Chandrain-3 design changes that combine and test have experienced great progress.
The mission can be launched in the middle of the year.” As reported first by Toi, Chandraya-3 will be Seeing the main design changes compared to the previous mission, the key between which is the decision to drop the fifth engine, which was added last minute to Vikram (lander of Chandrayaan-2).
Lander for this mission will only have four machines, while the Watch Committee also suggests small modifications to the legs in the landing, the inclusion of the Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV) for better speed measurement during landing, among others.
The modification proposed on Chandrauran-3 – which is an indicator of deficiency in Chandrauran-2 – also includes changes in software and algorithms, foot strengthening and better communication and communication systems.
That the Union 2022-23 budget, among others, which registered a GSLV-MK3 mission was also seen as a reason for optimism as far as chandrain-3.
Chandrauran-3 targets this year; Correction in the process, realization of hardware is almost complete
