Indian flag sways in moon
India boecomes 4th country to hoist flag in moon after US,Russia,Japan. the 35-kg Moon Impact Probe (MIP) hit the moon exactly at 8.31 PM, about 25 minutes after the probe instrument descended from the satellite in what ISRO described as a "perfect operation".
"It will signify the entry of India on Moon," an ISRO official said.
source: Times of India
The spacecraft on Friday reached its final orbital home, about 100 kms over the moon surface after ISRO scientists successfully carried out the last critical orbit lowering operation.
The MIP consists of a C-band Radar Altimeter for continuous measurement of altitude of the probe, a video imaging system for acquiring images of the surface of moon from the descending probe and a mass spectrometer for measuring the constituents of extremely thin lunar atmosphere during its 20-minute descent to the lunar surface. The MIP withstood the impact of a hardlanding after it hit the lunar surface. From the operational circular orbit of about 100 km height passing over the polar regions of the moon, it is intended to conduct chemical, mineralogical and photo geological mapping of the moon with Chandrayaan-1's 11 scientific instruments (payloads). After the successful release of MIP,the other scientific instruments would be turned on sequentially leading to the normal phase of the two-year mission. |
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