Chandrayaan 2 new update out: Orbiter to provide hi-res Moon images

Sharing details of ISRO's Chandrayaan-2, India's Principal Scientific visor Professor K. VijayRaghavan on Saturday said how complex mission was with respect to ISRO's previous missions. He stated that Chandrayaan-2 aimed ar studying different regions of Moon - exosphere, surface and surface in a single mission. Talking about Orbiter which is currently orbiting moon, using highest resolution camera h alrey been sharing moon pictures, he said. He also shared details of ims captured by Orbiter's camera.

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Centre shares Chandrayaan-2 update

VijayRaghavan has also shared features and objective of Orbiter's camera - Mapping lunar surface in panchromatic spectral band (0.5-0.8 microns), high spatial resolution(5m), swa(20 km from 100 km lunar polar orbit). He also shared that Orbiter's or paylo CLASS measures X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectra to detect elements such as Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon, Calcium, Titanium, Iron, and Sodium as shared by ISRO earlier. Talking about or paylo Imaging Infra-red spectrometer (IIRS) he said that IIRS aimed at global mineralogical and volatile mapping of Moon and characterization of water/hydroxyl feature on moon. He also shared details about or paylos Chandrayyan Atmospheric compositional explorer 2 (CHACE 2) and Dual-Frequency Rio Science Experiment (DFRS).

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ISRO briefs about lessons learnt

Inline with ISRO's statement about Vikram, VijayRaghavan has said that Vikram Lander followed planned descent trajectory from its orbit of 35 km to just below 2 km above surface. All systems and sensors of Lander functioned excellently until this point as tested, he ded. He also stated that 90-95% of mission objectives h been achieved and will continue to contribute to Lunar science inspite losing communication with Lander. He also ded that ISRO chairman Dr.K Sivan h briefed mission manangement team and h alrey dressed causesa nd learnings from event. He concluded by lauding ISRO's tremendous efforts.

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What is Chandrayaan 2?

Chandrayaan-2's rocket lifted off at scheduled time of 2:43 PM on July 22. aver distance between Earth and Moon is 3, 84, 000 km. Vikram lander was scheduled to land on Moon on 48th day of mission on September 7. This moon-lander and rover mission proves that India is taking le in exploration as its mission aimed to investigate unexplored south pole of moon. With Chandrayaan-2 India aimed at soft-landing on Moon. If successful, it would have been fourth country after US, Russia, and China to do so. But unfortunately, on September 7, Vikram Lander which h separated from Chandrayaan 2's orbiter on September 2, while descending onto lunar surface lost contact with ISRO Mission Control Centre. Chandrayaan 2's lunar orbiter is currently revolving around moon taking high-resolution pictures.