Chandrayaan-3’s landing spot on Moon to be known as Shiv Shakti point

Chandrayaan-3’s landing spot on Moon to be known as Shiv Shakti point

Why in news?


PM Modi announced that the point where the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the lunar surface would be named Shiv Shakti.

He was addressing the ISRO scientists at the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru after his arrival from Greece.

What’s in today’s article?


Chandrayaan-3

ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)

News Summary

Chandrayaan-3


About

The Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third lunar mission.

It consists of an indigenous lander module (LM), propulsion module (PM), and a rover.

Its objective is to develop and demonstrate new technologies required for inter-planetary missions.

Objectives

The mission had 3 objectives:

Demonstration of a Safe and Soft Landing on the Lunar Surface is accomplished☑️

Demonstration of Rover roving on the moon is accomplished☑️

Conducting in-situ scientific experiments – This step is going on. All payloads are performing normally.

Modules

The propulsion module is the one that will take the lander and the rover to the moon.

The lander module contains the rover. After the touchdown, the lander will remain stationary at the landing site, while the rover will explore the moon.

Payloads

The Chandrayaan-3 carries six payloads that would help ISRO understand the lunar soil and also get the blue planet’s photographs from the lunar orbit.

Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive ionosphere and Atmosphere (RAMBHA) will measure the near-surface plasma density and its changes with time.

Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) will measure seismicity around the landing site and delineate the structure of the lunar crust and mantle.

The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) will determine the elemental composition of lunar soil and rocks around the landing site.

Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) will derive the chemical composition and infer the mineralogical composition of the moon’s surface.

Spectro-polarimetry of HAbitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) will study the spectro-polarimetric signatures of the earth in the near-infrared wavelength range.

This could be used in the search for life on exo-planets beyond the solar system.

Lunar lander Vikram will click photos of the rover Pragyaan as it studies the seismic activity on the moon.

Using laser beams, it would try to melt a piece of the lunar surface -- the regolith -- to study the gases emitted during the process.

ISRO’s previous moon missions

Chandrayaan-3 is largely a replica of its predecessor, Chandrayaan-2, that was launched in July 2019 in the form of an orbiter and a lander (‘Vikram’) bearing a rover (‘Pragyan’).

Chandrayaan-1 was launched by ISRO in October, 2008.

The ISRO lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched.

ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)


ISTRAC is located in Bengaluru.

It is entrusted with the major responsibility to provide tracking support for all the satellite and launch vehicle missions of ISRO.

The major objectives of the centre are:

carrying out mission operations of all operational remote sensing and scientific satellites;

providing Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) services from launch vehicle lift-off till injection of satellite into orbit;

to estimate its preliminary orbit in space; and

hardware and software developmental activities that enhance the capabilities of ISTRAC for providing flawless TTC and Mission Operations services.

Towards, these objectives, ISTRAC has established a network of ground stations at Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mauritius, Sriharikota, Port Blair, Thiruvananthapuram, Brunei, Biak (Indonesia) and the Deep Space Network Stations.

News Summary: Chandrayaan-3’s landing spot on Moon to be known as Shiv Shakti point


Key highlights of the speech delivered by PM Modi


Naming of landing spots of Chandrayaan-3 and Chandrayaan-2

PM Modi announced that the point where the Moon lander of Chandrayaan-3 touched down will now be known as Shiv Shakti.

In Shiv, there is resolution for the welfare of humanity and Shakti gives us strength to fulfil those resolutions.

This Shiv Shakti point of the moon also gives a sense of connection with Himalaya to Kanyakumari.

Also, the point where the Chandrayaan-2 left its footprints will now be called

It will serve as an inspiration for every effort that India makes and remind us that failure is not the end.

National Space Day

He announced that August 23, the day the Chandrayaan-3’s lander made a historic soft-landing on the Moon will be commemorated as National Space Day.

National Space Day will celebrate the spirit of Science, Technology and Innovation, and inspire us for an eternity.

He asked ISRO to organise national hackathons on space technology in governance in collaboration with various departments of the Centre and the State governments.

He also called upon students across the country to take part in a huge quiz competition on the Chandrayaan mission organised by MyGov from September 1.

India now among first-world countries

India has become the fifth-largest economy in the world and it is now among the first-world countries.

In the journey from third row to first row, institutions like our ISRO have played a huge role.

Scientifically prove the astronomical formulas in the scriptures of India

He urged the younger generation of the country to come forward to scientifically prove the astronomical formulas in the scriptures of India.



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