#Update #Chandrayaan3 #thread
Amid nervous excitement that grips Isro teams at control rooms with engineers & scientists double-checking every detail of mission plan & verifying calculations, Isro Chairman S Somanath exuded confidence of a successful soft-landing on Aug 23. 1/n
Amid nervous excitement that grips Isro teams at control rooms with engineers & scientists double-checking every detail of mission plan & verifying calculations, Isro Chairman S Somanath exuded confidence of a successful soft-landing on Aug 23. 1/n
Taking time out ahead of the crucial landing day, Somanath said the confidence stems from all the preparations ahead of the launch and the glitch-free progress made by the integrated module and the landing module in their journey to Moon. 2/n
“We are confident as everything has been all fine so far and there have been no contingencies faced until this juncture. We’ve done all the preparations and all systems have performed as we needed them to until this stage… 3/n
…Now, we are preparing for the landing with multiple simulations, verification and double verification of systems, checking of instruments’ health is being done today (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday),” Somanath told me. 4/n
That Isro’s landing comes close on the heels of3 Russia losing #Luna25 and in the backdrop of its own attempt not succeeding the previous time adds to the tension, even as the world will be closely watching Vikram… 5/n
Yesterday, Isro also established a 2-way communication between the lander and #Chandrayaan2 orbiter, allowing the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at the Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (Istrac) in Bengaluru “more routes to reach the landing module”. 6/n
Chandrayaan-3 consists of a lander, which will have the rover in its belly until the latter rolls out on the lunar surface post landing and a propulsion module… 7/n
…Here’s how they are to communicate: The propulsion module communicates only with IDSN, the lander communicates with IDSN, rover & #Chandrayaan2 orbiter. The rover is designed only to communicate with the lander. n/n
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