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Robotic Spacecraft (Astronomy, Planetary, Earth, Solar/Heliophysics) => Space Science Coverage => Topic started by: Blackstar on 11/12/2017 08:08 pm
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http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/isro/chandrayaan-2-moon-mission-launched-first-quarter-2018/
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It looks like the orbiter and lander, while launched together, will quickly take separate courses and arrive independently.
Although it looks like the lander and rover have a main objective of just safely landing there, do we have any knowledge on what precisely they will carry if all goes well? It looks like the rover at least carries a pair of cameras if nothing else.
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Wikipedia gave me some notional info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-2
Lander:
Seismometer, thermal probe, Langmuir probe, and radio experimentation - all passive stuff.
Rover:
Laser spectroscope and Alpha particle x-ray spectroscope (which sounds similar to what Sojourner & the MERs carried).
Sounds reasonable yet productive for an initial mission. I wish them well!
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http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2017/copuos2017tech30E.pdf (http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2017/copuos2017tech30E.pdf)
More details in this 2017 presentation. Quite a lot going on!
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http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2017/copuos2017tech30E.pdf (http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2017/copuos2017tech30E.pdf)
More details in this 2017 presentation. Quite a lot going on!
Thanks!
As far as the science, while the landing 'party' portion is basic (but still useful), the orbiter definitely boasts the lion share of the mission, looking like it's specializing in polar mapping and studying the lunar exosphere.
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January 2019 launch window missed.
Next launch window: April 2019
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/isro-set-for-april-launch-of-chandrayaan-2-after-missed-deadline/story-BjMmDmHQ5lqU5yijS8qfJN.html
As we could not complete a few tests in time we could not make the January window. We are now looking at a launch between the middle of March and April, and it is likely to happen by the middle of April
(by ISRO chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan)
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Official thread: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=20324.0
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Chandrayaan-2 Completes A Year Around Moon, Enough Fuel For 7 Years
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chandrayaan-2-completes-a-year-around-moon-enough-fuel-for-7-years-isro-2282759
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First set of #Chandrayaan2 payload's data are publicly released for wider science use.
https://twitter.com/isro/status/1342095234126151692?s=20
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https://twitter.com/Astro_Neel/status/1416619705251532800
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https://www.isro.gov.in/lunar-science-workshop-and-release-of-chandrayaan-2-data-being-organised-isro-6-to-7-september-2021
Lunar Science Workshop and Release of Chandrayaan-2 data is being organised by ISRO from 6 to 7 September, 2021, in virtual mode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtfZeF-8zrw
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ISRO: Chandrayaan-2 detects chromium, manganese through remote sensing
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/isro-chandrayaan-2-detects-chromium-manganese-through-remote-sensing-7493313/
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Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter (CH2O) Performs an Evasive Maneuver to Mitigate a Critically Close Approach with LRO
https://www.isro.gov.in/update/15-nov-2021/chandrayaan-2-orbiter-ch2o-performs-evasive-manoeuvre-to-mitigate-critically
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https://twitter.com/newsiadn/status/1696550708634648850
The Landing Module of #NASA's Apollo 11 & Apollo 12 missions at the lunar surface captured by #ISRO's orbiter #Chandrayaan2.
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Great pictures! But I must point out they are not new pictures, they were originally released in February 2022. But OHRC is doing great science - see the very end of this presentation from the recent Lunar Surface Science Workshop #20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF3ygzuK9mE&list=PLKg3EyXg9SjqXII-dvEyB2ifiUczUkuTv&index=15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF3ygzuK9mE&list=PLKg3EyXg9SjqXII-dvEyB2ifiUczUkuTv&index=15)
It shows PSR imaging using OHRC long exposure images.