Aditya-L1, India's first mission to Sun, takes selfie, clicks images of Earth and Moon
September 07, 2023 13:16 ISTAditya-L1 is expected to arrive at the intended orbit at the L1 point after about 127 days.
Aditya-L1 is expected to arrive at the intended orbit at the L1 point after about 127 days.
Sharing the image on social media platform X, the space agency wrote, "LRO spacecraft recently imaged the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the Moon's surface."
ISRO shared images on Twitter, captured from both both left and right directions of Vikram. When put together, these images are called NavCam Stereo images. ISRO created the anaglyph using such images.
Chandrayaan-3: Vikram will fall asleep next to Pragyan once the solar power is depleted and the battery is drained, said ISRO on Monday.
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Aditya-L1 launch: As the launch vehicle carrying Aditya L1, the country's maiden solar mission, lifted off successfully from Sriharikota, Annapurni Subramaniam, director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, said the mission will be first to probe into the innermost part of the Sun- Corona.
The PSLV C57 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter, lifted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on September 2.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath said the lunar mission Chandrayaan 3's rover and lander are functioning well and they would be put to "sleep" soon to withstand the night on the Moon.
The spacecraft, after traveling about 1.5 million km from the Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1 which is considered closest to the Sun.
Aditya L1 launch: The ISRO successfully placed a lander on the unexplored lunar South Pole, a feat that put India in the record books as the first country to do so. According to the agency, the Aditya-L1 mission is expected to reach the observation point in four months.
Aditya L1 launch: Aditya L1 is mainly designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and conduct in-situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth.
The countdown for the Aditya-L1 launch will start on September 1 at 12:10 PM as the Aditya-L1 Solar Mission is all set for a launch on September 2 at 11:50 AM from the Sriharikota spaceport.
Chandrayaan-3 ISRO update: The rover was rotated in search of a safe route. The rotation was captured by a Lander Imager Camera.
Skywatchers across the globe have been gearing up for this rare celestial event called the 'Blue Moon'.
ISRO said that the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope instrument onboard 'Pragyan' rover of Chandrayaan-3 has unambiguously confirmed the presence of sulphur on the lunar surface near south pole, through first-ever in-situ measurements.
The Aditya-L1 will be placed in the Halo orbit of the Lagrangian Point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system. If all goes well, India will be the member of the elit club of very few members who carried out a successful solar mission.
These videos were processed by Luck with a scientific data archive from Mangalyaan, India's probe to Mars launched in November 2013.
The ISRO said that Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan Rover and Vikram Lander are in touch and they are in good health.
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Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Chandrayaan-3's rover came across a 4-meter diameter crater positioned 3 meters ahead of its location.
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