Why go to moon??? What is there in moon we are curious of?
WHY GO TO MOON????? ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION. INDIA’S POTENTIAL . ONE MILLION TONNES OF HELIUM3 ON MOON’S SURFACE. HELIUM3 IS BELIEVED TO BE FUEL OF THE FUTURE. OUTPOST FOR FURTHER PLANETARY EXPLORATIONS.
Introduction: CHANDRAYAAN LITEARLLY MEANS MOON VECHILE . INDIA’S FIRST UNMANNED MISSION TO MOON DEVOLPED BY ISRO. WAS LAUNCHED ON 22 OCTOBER 2008 FROM SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE SRIHARIKOTA, ANDHRA PRADESH . ESTIMATED COST - RS 386 CRORE
· Objectives of the Chandrayaan-1 SIMULTANEOUS MINERALOGICAL, CHEMICAL & PHOTO-GEOLOGICAL MAPPING . HIGH RESOLUTION MAPPING OF THE LUNAR SURFACE TO IDENTIFY MINERAL . 3D MAPPING OF LUNAR SURFACE AT VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION. TO MOTIVATE THE YOUNG MINDS IN SPACE AND PLANETARY SCIENCE.
SPECIFICATIONS: MASS: 1380 KG AT LAUNCH. SHAPE: CUBOID POWER: SOLAR PANEL GENERATING 700 W OF POWER, STORED IN A 36 A-H LITHIUM-ION BATTERY. HAS THREE SOLID STATE RECORDERS (SSRS). Liquid Engine used to travel towards moon. Dual gimballed antenna to transfer scientific data.
PSLV is a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which launched the chandrayaan successfully in transfer orbit. PSLV-C11 is the uprated version of its standard configuration. Weighing 316 tonnes at lift-off,Uses both solid and liquid propellants. Prefered launching vehicle of ISRO with 13 consecutive flights ABOUT PSLV C11:
· PAYLOADS: Collection of instrument embedded on chandrayaan. INDIAN PAYLOADS · FOREIGN PAYLOADS TERRAIN MAPPING CAMERA HYPER SPECTRAL IMAGER LUNAR LASER RANGING INSTRUMENT HIGH ENERGY X-RAY SPECTROMETER MOON IMPACT PROBE CHANDRAYAAN X RAY SPECTROMETER MINI SAR SIR- 2 RADIATION DOSE MONITOR- MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER SARA
INDIAN PAYLOADS
TERRAIN MAPPING CAMERA LUNAR LASER RANGING
12 HYPER SPECTRAL IMAGER HIGH ENERGY X-RAY SPECRTOMETER
MOON IMPACT PROBE
FOREIGN PAYLOADS
15 CHANDRAYAAN X-RAY SPECTROMETER MINI SAR (SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR)
MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER SUB ATOM REFLECTING ANALYSER
Ground Segment: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) has established the ground segment of Chandrayaan-1, which consists of the following: INDIAN DEEP SPACE NETWORK(IDSN) SPACECRAFT CONTROL CENTRE. INDIAN SPACE SCIENCE DATA CENTRE(ISSDC ).
INDIAN DEEP SPACE NETWORK: It will receive the data sent by the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. consists of two large parabolic antennae – one with 18 m diameter and the other 32 m diameter, at Bangalore.
SPACECRAFT CONTROL CENTRE It is located near the ISTRAC campus, north of Bangalore, is the focal point of all the operational activities of Chandrayaan- 1 during all phases of the mission
INDIAN SPACE SCIENCE DATA CENTRE The third element of ground segment , also located at Banglore . Will receive data from IDSN as well as other external stations that support Chandrayaan-1, Store, process , retrieve and distribute scientific data sent by Chandrayaan-1 payloads to the user agencies.
C0NSEQUENCES: IT WILL INSPIRE MILLIONS OF STUDENTS TO BECOME A PART OF OUR COUNTRY’S OWN SPACE PROGRAMME. IT WILL INSPIRE ALL THE INDIANS WORKING IN VARIOUS FOREIGN SPACE AGENCIES THAT THEY HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO WORK IN INDIA. INDIA MAY BE SEEN AS A VIABLE TECHNOLOGICAL PARTNER AND CAN POSITION ITSELF TO BE THE DESTINATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.