CONGRATS INDIA’s SPACE PROGRAM PLANTS FLAG on MOON and a PROBE
Hail the Space Program of India, a completely indigenous Science and technical program has officially landed on the Moon., with Chandrayaan-1’s probe landing on the moon on Friday night 8:31 pm IST, the Indian Tri Color flag has made its maek on the Moon surface, INDIA joins a small group of Elite nations, which has a successful space program and a presence on the Moon.
The spacecraft was built in India, put into orbit by the Indian rocket, PSLV-C11, and the launch took place from India The spacecraft has 11 scientific instruments, including the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) built by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram and all integration by ISRO Satelllite Centre, Bangalore. Tracking fron the Spacecraft Control Centre (SCC), at the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bangalore,
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India whose idea it was to plant the Indian flag on the moon, was seen punching his fist in happiness.”India has the flag on Mount Everest and now it is on the moon, he said. I congratulate ISRO on this remarkable achievement,” he said.
The MIP- Moon Impact Probe weighing 29 kg was riding piggyback on the top deck of the main orbitter and was released at a predetermined time after the orbiter reached the final 100 km orbit and impacted at the designated location. The main objectives of this mission comprise design, development and demonstration of technologies required for impacting a probe at a desired location on the moon. Qualify technologies required for future soft landing missions and exploration of the moon from close range. The moon impact probe comprises three major payloads. They are the radar altimeter, video imaging system and mass spectrometer. The Radar Altimeter will measure the altitude of the moon impact probe above the lunar surface and qualify technologies for future landing missions. The video-imaging system which comprises of an analog CCD camera along with a video decoder will acquire images of the surface of the moon from the descending probe. The Mass Spectrometer will measure the constituents of tenuous lunar atmosphere during descent.
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NOTE The picture on the right is one of the first space rocket program of India at Thumba in 1950-1960. India has come a long long way since then!!!
CONGRATS INDIA and ALL SCIENTISTS and SUPPORT PERSONNEL
