Author Topic: Chandrayaan-2 Mission - Launch and Landing Coverage (Read 684223 times)

sanman · « **Reply #240 on:** 03/07/2017 01:55 am »

Ah, thanks very much for that - I see that the proposed Cabeus Crater landing site is ~150km from the Shackleton Crater landing site where Bezos would like to set up a moonbase.

I guess ISRO has picked the same general vicinity because it means longer solar illumination that won't necessitate the use of nuclear RTGs to keep the rover from freezing at night? And of course it also has the permanently shadowed regions (cold traps) where water ice might still persist.

So is this region going to be the Lunar Mesopotamia, most friendly to potential colonization efforts?
(and thus eventually the most contested, down the road)

chota · « **Reply #241 on:** 05/02/2017 05:46 pm »

Is that Chandrayaan-2

http://aviationweek.com/awinspace/india-makes-progress-chandrayaan-2-payloads

Photo Credits: Aviationweek/ Isro

Silmfeanor · « **Reply #242 on:** 05/02/2017 06:23 pm »

Quote from: chota on 05/02/2017 05:46 pm

Is that Chandrayaan-2

http://aviationweek.com/awinspace/india-makes-progress-chandrayaan-2-payloads

Photo Credits: Aviationweek/ Isro

that seems to be a picture of NASAs LADEE -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Atmosphere_and_Dust_Environment_Explorer

Phil Stooke · « **Reply #243 on:** 05/02/2017 09:07 pm »

Yes, it's LADEE. This link to Youtube (you don't need to watch the video) shows the name LADEE in the caption under the image:

In fact the 'video' is a single still shot of LADEE with a voice-over describing Chandrayaan. Weird! As for the image showing up in AW&ST, their quality control isn't what it was.

sanman · « **Reply #244 on:** 05/24/2017 08:34 am »

ISRO to launch Chandrayaan 2 in first quarter of 2018:

http://wap.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/aiming-for-the-moon-isro-to-launch-chandrayaan-2-in-first-quarter-of-2018-117052400315_1.html

sanman · « **Reply #245 on:** 05/26/2017 09:37 pm »

All you need to know about Chandrayaan-2, ISRO’s second mission to the moon:

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/all-you-need-to-know-about-chandrayaan-2-isros-second-mission-to-the-moon-378453.html

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #246 on:** 05/27/2017 05:32 am »

The orbit, spacecraft and rover.

worldtimedate · « **Reply #247 on:** 07/30/2017 06:20 am »

ISRO chairman A. S. Kiran Kumar confirms that ISRO is to launch Chandrayaan-2 mission in early 2018.

Source : India to see launch of 2 moon missions in early 2018

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Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch its Chandrayaan-2 mission, an advanced version of its previous 2018 mission with the objective of deeper lunar surface probe, and another mission by Team Indus, a group of space enthusiasts who want to unfurl the tricolour on the moon's surface as part of a global lunar competition.

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While Team Indus is using the service of PSLV to take its 600-kg baby spacecraft to the lunar orbit, Isro will use its heavylift rocket GSLV Mk II for the mission. Dr K Sivan, director of Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, told TOI, "Unlike the 2008 Chandrayaan-1 mission when PSLV rocket was used for carrying the spacecraft, this time Isro is planning to take a heavier payload (combined launch mass: 3,250 kg) comprising orbiter, lander and rover to the moon. Therefore, GSLV Mk II is the preferred choice."

Highlights
* Isro will use GSLV Mk II for Chandrayaan-2 as payload is heavier this time (combined launch mass 3,250 kg).
* Orbiter will be deployed at an altitude of 100km above lunar surface.
* Scientific payloads on board orbiter, lander and rover will perform mineralogical and elemental studies of lunar surface.

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vineethgk · « **Reply #248 on:** 08/16/2017 04:07 pm »

Chandrayaan-2 launch targeted for March 2018 according to ISRO sources

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the Chandrayaan-2 Mission in March next year, director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, P. Kunhi Krishnan told media persons on the sidelines of the Independence Day celebrations at Sriharikota, on Tuesday.

vineethgk · « **Reply #249 on:** 08/30/2017 01:55 am »

The new edition of ISRO Satellite Center (ISAC) newsletter - Upagrah (Apr-Jun 2017) has an article on Chandrayaan-2 lander sensor tests on pages 8-9.

Link to Upagrah newsletters
Direct link to PDF

vyoma · « **Reply #250 on:** 09/29/2017 06:08 pm »

http://www.hindustantimes.com/science/isro-to-launch-chandrayaan-ii-in-march-2018/story-ZfSfKT8aWLFeCSxMGSFArJ.html

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Indian Space Research Organisation’s second unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan 2, will lift off in March 2018, a decade after Chandrayaan 1 was launched, Isro sources told Hindustan Times on Tuesday.

sanman · « **Reply #251 on:** 10/25/2017 05:35 am »

India gears up for second Moon mission:

https://www.nature.com/news/india-gears-up-for-second-moon-mission-1.22870

chota · « **Reply #252 on:** 11/22/2017 05:16 pm »

C2 Orbiter and Lander with rover

sanman · « **Reply #253 on:** 11/30/2017 06:11 am »

From Emily Lakdawalla's blog:

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2017/1129-indias-chandrayaan-2-mission.html

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #254 on:** 11/30/2017 12:28 pm »

I wonder if the Indians will do as the Chinese did with Chang'E 3 and broadcast live pictures from the lander as it descends to the lunar surface ....... ?

Phil Stooke · « **Reply #255 on:** 11/30/2017 10:21 pm »

Were they transmitted live? I thought they were recorded and transmitted later from the surface. I could be wrong.

Hungry4info3 · « **Reply #256 on:** 12/01/2017 01:46 am »

I remember it vividly. We got a snapshot every second or two, then the full video was uploaded back to Earth later.
Edit: Found the live broadcast.

sanman · « **Reply #257 on:** 12/01/2017 02:34 am »

Meh, given ISRO's track record, live coverage of the landing would be quite a departure from past practice. They'll probably post it quickly to Twitter, after it's happened.

Phil Stooke · « **Reply #258 on:** 12/01/2017 04:28 am »

Thanks for that, Hungry! I appreciate it. I never did see that broadcast.

Dalhousie · « **Reply #259 on:** 12/01/2017 04:48 am »

Quote from: Hungry4info3 on 12/01/2017 01:46 am

I remember it vividly. We got a snapshot every second or two, then the full video was uploaded back to Earth later.
Edit: Found the live broadcast.

I was in Thailand and watched it live on China TV.