INDIA ON MOON
The 52-hour countdown for Chandrayaan-1 — India’s first unmanned moon mission — will begin at Sriharikota spaceport early tomorrow for Wednesday’s historic launch.The integrated launch vehicle has already been moved into the second launch pad (umbilical tower) and launch rehearsals are underway, sources in India Space Research Organisation at Bangalore said.
“All the preparatory work is going as usual and the formal countdown would begin tomorrow morning about 0400 hrs,” Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Associate Director Dr M Y S Prasad told PTI at Chennai.
“All the work including the checking of payloads went satisfactorily. The spacecraft launch would take place as per the schedule,” he said.
SDSC officials said if the weather turns out to be good, the PSLV-C11 would take off from the second launch pad on October 22, at 0620 hrs.
“After the rehearsals, we will make sure that everything is in place before the countdown,” they said.
Chandrayaan-1 is the first spacecraft mission of ISRO beyond Earth orbit. It would be followed by Chandrayaan-2 which features a lander and a rover. India and Russia would jointly participate in this project.
However, there might be a provision to accommodate payloads from other space agencies as happened in Chandrayaan-1.”This apart, studies are being conducted by ISRO on sending unmanned spacecraft to planet Mars as well as to asteroids and comets. Through such programmes, ISRO intends to undertake the exploration of space besides its primary mission of developing and utilising space technology for the overall development of the country”, officials of the Bangalore-headquartered agency said. PTI
“All the preparatory work is going as usual and the formal countdown would begin tomorrow morning about 0400 hrs,” Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Associate Director Dr M Y S Prasad told PTI at Chennai.
“All the work including the checking of payloads went satisfactorily. The spacecraft launch would take place as per the schedule,” he said.
SDSC officials said if the weather turns out to be good, the PSLV-C11 would take off from the second launch pad on October 22, at 0620 hrs.
“After the rehearsals, we will make sure that everything is in place before the countdown,” they said.
Chandrayaan-1 is the first spacecraft mission of ISRO beyond Earth orbit. It would be followed by Chandrayaan-2 which features a lander and a rover. India and Russia would jointly participate in this project.
However, there might be a provision to accommodate payloads from other space agencies as happened in Chandrayaan-1.”This apart, studies are being conducted by ISRO on sending unmanned spacecraft to planet Mars as well as to asteroids and comets. Through such programmes, ISRO intends to undertake the exploration of space besides its primary mission of developing and utilising space technology for the overall development of the country”, officials of the Bangalore-headquartered agency said. PTI
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