Chandrayaan-2: Complex indigenous systems ought to make every Indian proud

New Delhi, Sep 05: During the wee hours of September 7, ISRO will achieve many firsts when Vikram Lander will touch down near the Lunar South pole. The Lander will soft-land on the lunar surface and unload the Rover to study and take measurements from the surface. The lander and rover on Chandrayaan-2 will touchdown at a site 600 kilometres from the lunar South pole.

India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV MkIII-M1 had successfully launched the 3,840-kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into the earth's orbit on July 22. Several state-of-art indigenous systems were conceived and realised for the mission.

Considering the massive distance of 3,84,400km between earth and moon, ensuring trajectory accuracy while navigating the non-uniform gravitation pull of the Earth, the Moon, and other astronomical bodies is really a major technological challenge.

Chandrayaan-2: A technically complex mission