ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands near the South pole of the Moon; the first country to do so!

justwheels · 23rd August 2023, 18:46

What an achievement this is. ISRO, you are just fabulous!

Those tears in the eyes of Mr. K Sivan during the Chandrayan 2 failure are still fresh and I am sure this success will sooth him now.

Proud of the whole ecosystem of ISRO, tight budget, politics, challenges, failures.. heck, we can do it anyways.

We are on the moon now! India has arrived!

Jai Hind

aim120 · 23rd August 2023, 19:01

Congratulations ISRO.

But really annoyed by the poor camera director of DD not showing the last phase of descent live video from lander and the telemetry. They do not know what to show and what is important. Be it ISRO launches, Vayushakti live fire exercise, Navy fleet review, republic day parade, you name it. DD sucks at it.

saisree · 23rd August 2023, 19:12

Such a great achievement. Thanks to ISRO for giving us a lifetime memory.
We are the blessed generation to see India transforming.

OT - What are the Brits doing with all the money they took from us? Do you think they would have thought we will achieve this spectacle when they left us in a poor state?

raptor_diwan · 23rd August 2023, 19:27

A fantastic moment! I truly savored every second of it. On one side, we witnessed a successful landing, while on the other, an intense championship chess match unfolded. It truly was a fantastic day overall.

SnS_12 · 23rd August 2023, 19:42

Missed the opportunity of watching it live but what a proud moment 👏

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Gannu_1 · 23rd August 2023, 20:04

Such a heartwarming moment! Congratulations to everyone and to the good folks at ISRO for their amazing efforts.

Our office timing is till 05:40 PM but everyone stayed back glued to the tablets and phones.

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vharihar · 23rd August 2023, 20:28

What time IST is the Pragyaan rover expected to come out?

PreludeSH · 23rd August 2023, 21:17

They need to complete health checks of the lander itself. After that they will look at pictures from the lander around the area and then decide to release the rover. Might be few hours as per friends at ISRO.

Venkatesh · 23rd August 2023, 21:31

Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Updates:

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The communication link is established between the Ch-3 Lander and MOX-ISTRAC, Bengaluru.

Here are the images from the Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera taken during the descent.

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The image captured by the Landing Imagery Camera after the landing.

It shows a portion of Chandrayaan-3's landing site. Seen also is a leg and its accompanying shadow.

Chandrayaan-3 chose a relatively flat region on the lunar surface

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Link

HappyWheels · 23rd August 2023, 21:39

What an achievement!

The latest new as of now, is that the ramp has been lowered and rover is being deployed.

Superb achievement by all the team involved!

nishsingh · 23rd August 2023, 23:23

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Originally Posted by vharihar

What time IST is the Pragyaan rover expected to come out?

Rolled out now

https://twitter.com/nakulvibhor/stat...7Ctwgr%5Etweet

dust-n-bones · 23rd August 2023, 23:44

The life of the solar powered rover is said to be a single lunar day, till the sun sets.

Can someone who knows this stuff, comment on why that is so, and why the rover cannot be powered back on the next sunrise in 14 earth days? Would that not extend the science the rover can do and perform many more secondary experiments? Batteries could power critical/heating systems.

That approach would in fact setup a nice experimental cycle - 14 days of execution -> 14 days of result analysis + experiment design.

itisK · 24th August 2023, 01:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by dust-n-bones

The life of the solar powered rover is said to be a single lunar day, till the sun sets.

why the rover cannot be powered on the next sunrise in 14 earth days?

As far as I know, it is possible to power it up on the next lunar day. Both, lander and rover, have batteries for that.

But the electronics are not expected to survive the extremely cold lunar night. So ISRO is most likely playing it safe.

mygodbole · 24th August 2023, 03:06

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Originally Posted by dust-n-bones

... why the rover cannot be powered back on the next sunrise in 14 earth days?

Weight. Battery. (additional) Solar panel. Every gram (me) has to be calculated, including any solar panel. Also, the temperature would have an impact. Plenty low temps where Chandrayaan 3 landed. Any battery exposed to ultra low/ultra high temps, malfunctions. If that had been feasible, I believe ISRO would NOT have neglected it. ISRO has more brain power than me. I salute that brain power that overcame every challenge and obstacle. I can only applaud and cheer them on. Smart brains.

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Ma (earth) and Chanda Mama (moon) sharing a moment!

Got this on whatsapp, sharing.

MODS, please remove if not appropriate.

SnS_12 · 24th August 2023, 05:33

Though NYT had apologised later for their article, India should never forget the way the West treated us and mocked our capabilities in the past.

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aim120 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: bangalore Posts: 791 Thanked: 2,513 Times	Re: ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands near the South pole of the Moon; the first country to do Congratulations ISRO. But really annoyed by the poor camera director of DD not showing the last phase of descent live video from lander and the telemetry. They do not know what to show and what is important. Be it ISRO launches, Vayushakti live fire exercise, Navy fleet review, republic day parade, you name it. DD sucks at it.
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dust-n-bones BHPian Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Bangalore Posts: 290 Thanked: 1,336 Times	Re: ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands near the South pole of the Moon; the first country to do The life of the solar powered rover is said to be a single lunar day, till the sun sets. Can someone who knows this stuff, comment on why that is so, and why the rover cannot be powered back on the next sunrise in 14 earth days? Would that not extend the science the rover can do and perform many more secondary experiments? Batteries could power critical/heating systems. That approach would in fact setup a nice experimental cycle - 14 days of execution -> 14 days of result analysis + experiment design.
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