Chennai, Aug 25 (Agency) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday evening said the Rover, deployed by the Lander Module (LM), carried on board the third Lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, has successfully traversed a distance of eight metres. It said all the planned Rover movements were verified and all the payloads in Propulsion Module (PM), LM and Rover, were performing nominally. In an update on Chandrayaan-3 Mission: ISRO said “All planned Rover movements have been verified.” “The Rover has successfully traversed a distance of about 8 meters”, it added. It said Rover payloads LIBS and APXS are turned ON and all payloads on PM, LM and Rover are performing nominally. ISRO also said a two-segment ramp facilitated the roll-down of the rover and A solar panel enabled the rover to generate power, while releasiong a video on how the rapid deployment of the ramp and solar panel took place, prior to the rolldown of the rover.
The deployment mechanisms, totalling 26 in the Ch-3 mission, were developed at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)/ISRO, Bengaluru. The LM made a successful soft landing on the South Polar Region of the Moon on Wednesday, marking India the first nation to achieve this feat, and the Rover was deployed from it a couple of hours later, after the dust caused by the landing, got cleared. ISRO said “the Ch-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander and India took a walk on the moon !”. UNI GV 1839 Chandrayaan-3’s Rover travels 8 ms, all payloads of PM , LM, Rover performing nominally Chennai, Aug 25 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday evening said the Rover, deployed by the Lander Module (LM), carried on board the third Lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, has successfully traversed a distance of 8 metres.
It said all the planned Rover movements were verified and all the payloads in the Propulsion Module (PM), LM and Rover, were performing nominally. In an update on Chandrayaan-3 Mission: ISRO said “All planned Rover movements have been verified.” “The Rover has successfully traversed a distance of about 8 meters”, it added. It said Rover payloads LIBS and APXS are turned ON and all payloads on PM, LM and Rover are performing nominally. ISRO also said a two-segment ramp facilitated the roll-down of the rover and a solar panel enabled the rover to generate power, while releasing a video on how the rapid deployment of the ramp and solar panel took place, prior to the rolldown of the rover. The deployment mechanisms, totalling 26 in the Ch-3 mission, were developed at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)/ISRO, Bengaluru. The LM made a successful soft landing on the South Polar Region of the Moon on Wednesday, marking India the first nation to achieve this feat, and the Rover was deployed from it a couple of hours later, after the dust caused by the landing, got cleared. ISRO said “the Ch-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander and India took a walk on the moon !”.