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Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S. Somanath, has stated that the Vikram lander of the country's latest lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, will still be able to land on the Moon's surface, even if two of its engines are not operational..
Somanath stated that the sensors and instrumentation of the lander have been designed to handle failures, although he admitted that the key challenge will involve getting the lander to move from a horizontal position to a vertical stance, a process it failed to complete during the Chandrayaan-2 mission.PTIIndian.
Vikram, the lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, will be able to make a soft-landing on the Moon's surface on August 23 even if all the sensors and two of its engines do not work, ISRO chairman S Somanath said on Tuesday...
The entire design of the lander 'Vikram' has been made in a manner that makes sure that it would be able to handle failures, Somanath said during a talk on 'Chandrayaan-3: Bharat's Pride Space Mission', hosted by the non-profit organisation Disha Bharat...
RAMBHA-LP payload will measure the near surface plasma (ions and electrons) density and its changes with time; Laser Retroreflector Array from NASA for accurate positioning measurement of the lander on lunar surface by future orbiters; and Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity...
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