Chandrayaan-2 Captures Image of Upcoming Chandrayaan-3 Mission

The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which was already in orbit around the Moon, managed to take a picture of the Chandrayaan-3 lander, which successfully touched down on the lunar surface at its South Pole.

“The Chandrayaan-3 lander was imaged by Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR) on Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter on September 6, 2023,” ISRO said.

In a significant development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter had established two-way communication with the Chandrayaan-2 landing module 3 days before its soft landing in August.

NASA’s satellite – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) – also recently captured a picture of the landing site of Chandrayaan-3.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is currently near the Moon’s south pole after its successful soft landing on August 23.

India took a giant leap when the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully landed on the south pole of the moon, making it the first country to achieve the historic feat and ending the disappointing Chandrayaan-2 crash landing in four years. then.

India became the fourth country – after the United States, China and Russia – to successfully land on the surface of the moon.

After landing, the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover performed various tasks on the lunar surface, including detecting sulfur and other trace elements, recording the relative temperature, and listening for movements around it.

The stated objectives of Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission, were a safe and soft landing, Rover orbiting the surface of the Moon and in situ scientific experiments.

Meanwhile, the Vikram lander and the Pragyan cabin are in “dormant mode” and are expected to wake up around September 22, 2023.

In the latest update, the Indian Space Research Organization released a three-dimensional “anaglyph” image of the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander from the Moon’s south pole.

Anaglyph is a simple visualization of an object or terrain in three dimensions from stereo or multiview images.