Posted on 02/04/2018 9:51:37 PM PST by BenLurkin
After its launch from Sriharikota, it will take one or two months time for the orbiter to reach moon's orbit, the ISRO chief said. While Chandrayaan-I was launched aboard the PSLV rocket, the carrier choice for Chandrayaan-II – a 3,290 kg spacecraft – will be the heavy-payload lifter GSLV Mk II.
"The rover has been designed in such a way that it will have the power to spend a lunar day or 14 Earth days on the moon's surface and walk up to 150-200 km. It will do several experiments and on-site chemical analysis of the surface," Dr Sivan said.
The team at ISRO is currently in the process of developing three unmanned vehicles for the mission: an orbiter craft that will hover above the Moon's surface, plus a rover, and a lander that will safely plop that rover on the Moon.
The mission will carry a six-wheeled rover which will move around the landing site in a 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at zeenews.india.com ...
ISRO = ??? Indian State Rocket Office ?
Should be shot down as it reaches Earth orbit. US needs to make clear claim to Moon. Sounds crazy maybe but you can bet that if China, India, or Russia go there, they lay claim.
I'm going to put this down as BFD...
PRyno needs to resign for being a doofus.
Hmmm, that post MAY be to the wrong thread....
1-2 months to reach the moon. Must be sending it USPS.
Giving themselves some might big wiggle room, there. Maybe Indian Orbital Mechanics are not as precise as American Orbital Mechanics. Or maybe they populated their space agency with moslem's, too.
"Hey, Rajiv! Wasn't it supposed to have arrived at the moon by now?"
"Relax, Ravi. It'll get there when it wants to get there."
Heavy payload lifter? Next time it can transport Sheila Jackson Lee to search for the flag that Armstrong and Aldrin planted.
Article begins:
“New Delhi: The Indian space circuit and space enthusiasts are buzzing in anticipation of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) historical moon mission - Chandrayaan-II - which will mark the country’s first lunar landing.”
Notice that the Indians have a vehicle that can ‘hover’ above the moon, while we are reduced to orbiting the moon? :)
The US will not lay claim to the Moon or any part of it as the US honors treaties which the other parties will not. See? But that’s beside the point - the US will not soon return a manned mission to the Moon or anywhere else.
The US began manned exploration, then had a second monumental failure of political will and again abandoned real space exploration - ceding that area to other nations. Get used to it.
Other than the outlier Trump administration, the US is firmly on the part to Third World status - especially in basic education and the sciences - areas where countries like India, China and Russia take seriously.
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