ИНДИЙСКАЯ ЛУНА

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First RADOM results for Earth and Moon Radiation Environment



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and new pictures:
http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan/htmls/ImageMoon.htm

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Video of CHANDRAYAAN

http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/videos/tmca.htm

Lunar Flyby - 2

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Молодцы! Сохранил себе большое фото Земли. А мне понравился их сайт - простенький, зато загружается быстро. И без всех этих флэш-наворотов! Одно плохо - посещённые ссылки не выделяются.

[Salo]

http://cybersecurity.ru/space/59813.html

На идийском зонде Чандраян-1 произошло отключение части научных инструментов
(20:49) 26.11.2008
Индийские инженеры отключили часть научных инструментов лунного аппарата Чандраян-1 в связи с перегревом части электронной начинки зонда. Милсвами Аннадураи, проектный директор лунной миссии, сообщил, что температура внутри Чандраяна поднялась выше 49 градусов.

По словам специалистов, причина перегрева аппарата кроется в слишком долгом пребывании электроники под прямыми солнечными лучами. В минувшие сутки Луна находилась в таком положении, что количество солнечного света, попадающего на нее и все объекты возле нее, было максимальным. Именно такая конфигурация автоматически поместила Чандраян-1 под рекордную дозу солнечного тепла.

Больше всего индийских специалистов волнует тот факт, что в подобном положении планеты будут фактически находится до конца следующего месяца, поэтому повторные отключения спутника не только возможны, но и вероятны.

"Мы отключили на борту те системы, которые сейчас не использовались. Они будут включены после того, как температура внутри аппарата опустится ниже 40 градусов", - сказал Аннадураи.

По его словам, для того, чтобы Чандраян-1 нормально работал, температура его систем не должна подниматься выше 50 градусов, при этом сам орбитальный аппарат может работать и при 60 градусах. По данным телеметрии, сейчас аппарат движется по заданной орбите со скоростью 5 760 км/час.

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NASA - 3D pictures:



http://jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-239

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Raytheon's Chandrayaan-1 Sensor Successfully Activated

Raytheon has received confirmation from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization that a water-detecting sensor system on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar-orbiting spacecraft has been activated and is fully functional.

http://www.moondaily.com/reports/Raytheon_Chandrayaan_1_Sensor_Successfully_Activated_999.html

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http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan/htmls/ImageMoon.htm

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Images of far side of the Moon from Chandrayaan-1 :



Far side of the Moon acquired by HySI Camera of Chandrayaan-1



Far side of the Moon viewed by Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) of Chandrayaan-1

http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/moon_images.htm

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http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/ISRO_Eyes_Lunar_Landing_In_2012_And_Mars_Mission_In_2013_999.html

ISRO Eyes Lunar Landing In 2012 And Mars Mission In 2013

Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 29, 2008

ISRO also plans to launch a sequel to Chandrayaan-I, which will entail landing a rover robot on moon by 2012. The lunar rover will be built in collaboration with Russia.

"The design for Chandrayaan-II is ready," Nair said

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3D images of different regions of lunar surface captured by TMC. The height of features shown in these images can be grasped when viewed through anaglyph filters.

http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/moon_images.htm




Digital Elevation Model of the lunar surface generated using TMC imagery.

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Chandrayaan eyes ice on moon[/size]

KOCHI: In what could be a very significant scientific breakthrough, Indian and global space agencies onboard Chandrayaan are waiting with bated breath for a final confirmation of the presence of ice at the lunar poles.


This week India will move Chandrayaan to take a second and closer look into the depths of a small crater on the south pole to confirm the presence of ice after the initial inference of data suggested a strong possibility of this. ....

Chandrayaan eyes ice on moon

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Chandrayaan eyes ice on moon[/size]

Индийцы тоже научились вызывать ажиотаж
Надеюсь что лед таки найдут.

[Виктор Левашов]

Пардон за возможно дилетантский вопрос: почему вершина срезана?

[GALIN]

It's not "вершина"  :wink:  

 It's bottom.

[Виктор Левашов]

GALIN, Sellin, большое спасибо

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ISRO begins work on Chandrayaan-II project

Chennai, Jan 17 (PTI)

ISRO has begun working on the Rs 425-crore second unmanned moon mission to be launched by early 2012 following the success of Chandrayaan-I, a top ISRO official said here on Saturday.

Chandrayaan-II will focus on soil and mineral exploration on the lunar surface with the help of a robotic device and send back data, Chandrayaan Project Director Mayilsamy Annadurai told reporters here.

The work had begun on the project and it was likely to be launched by end of 2011 or early 2012, he said. ISRO plans to send a manned flight to space in 2015 and the manned mission to the moon in 2020, he added.

About Chandrayaan-I, he said it has beamed 40,000 pictures since its launch.

The stakeholders of the project would meet soon to discuss the information beamed by India's successful lunar mission, Annadurai said.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200901171921.htm

[Salo]

GALIN, Sellin, большое спасибо

И от меня тоже. :wink:

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What is Chandrayaan-2
 
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning 2nd moon mission Chandrayaan-2 in 2011. Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) is joining with ISRO for development of Chandrayaan-2 Lander/Rover.

Chandrayaan-2 will consist of the spacecraft and a landing platform with the moon rover.

The rover would move on wheels on the lunar surface, pick up samples of soil or rocks, do a chemical analysis and send the data to the spacecraft orbiting above.

The rover will weigh between 30 kg and 100 kg, depending on whether it is to do a semi-hard landing or soft landing. The rover will have an operating life-span of a month. It will run predominantly on solar power.

http://www.astronomy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,36682.160.html

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NASA Radar Provides First Look Inside Moon's Shadowed Craters

WASHINGTON -- Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters.

The Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, has passed its initial in-flight tests and sent back its first data. The images show the floors of permanently-shadowed polar craters on the moon that aren't visible from Earth. Scientists are using the instrument to map and search the insides of the craters for water ice. "The only way to explore such areas is to use an orbital imaging radar such as Mini-SAR," said Benjamin Bussey, deputy principal investigator for Mini-SAR, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. "This is an exciting first step for the team which has worked diligently for more than three years to get to this point."



Click to view large image (572 kb) This image is a Mini-RF synthetic aperture radar (SAR) strip overlain on an Earth-based, Arecibo Observatory radar telescope image. Taken Nov. 17, 2008, the south-polar SAR strip shows a part of the moon never seen before: a portion of Haworth crater that is permanently shadowed from Earth and the sun. The only way to explore these regions is by using an orbital radar such as Mini-RF. Over the coming year of Chandrayaan-1 operations, Mini-RF (also known as Mini-SAR) will map both polar regions to look for water ice. The spacecraft acquired these data from a 100-kilometer (62-mile) polar orbit; they reveal features as small as approximately 150 meters (490 feet) across. Bright areas represent surface roughness or slopes pointing toward the spacecraft. The data cover an area approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) by 18 kilometers (11 miles). Credit: ISRO/NASA/JHUAPL/LPI/Cornell University/Smithsonian



Click to view larger image. (228 kb) These synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the lunar surface were taken by the Mini-RF instrument on the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft on Nov. 17, 2008, and are the first data taken by this instrument (also known as Mini-SAR). The spacecraft acquired these data from a 100-kilometer (62-mile) polar orbit and reveal features as small as approximately 150 meters (490 feet) across. Bright areas represent surface roughness or slopes pointing toward the spacecraft. The two north-polar strips have been mosaicked to show the western rim of Seares crater. The mosaic covers an area roughly 80 kilometers (50 miles) long by 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) wide. Credit: ISRO/NASA/JHUAPL/LPI

"During the next few months we expect to have a fully calibrated and operational instrument collecting valuable science data at the moon," said Jason Crusan, program executive for the Mini-RF Program for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate in Washington.

Mini-SAR is one of 11 instruments on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 and one of two NASA-sponsored contributions to its international payload. The other is the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer that will provide the first map of the entire lunar surface at high spatial and spectral resolution. Data from the two NASA instruments will contribute to the agency's increased understanding of the lunar environment as it implements America's space exploration plan, which calls for robotic and human missions to the moon.

Chandrayaan-1 launched from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center on Oct. 21 and began orbiting the moon Nov. 8. The Applied Physics Laboratory performed the final integration and testing on Mini-SAR. It was developed and built by the Naval Air Warfare Center and several other commercial and government contributors. The Applied Physics Laboratory's Satellite Communications Facility is Chandrayaan-1's primary ground station in the Western Hemisphere.

For more information about the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, visit: http://m3.jpl.nasa.gov

For more information about Chandrayaan-1, visit: http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan

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The Imaging X-ray Spectrometer, one of the 11 payloads onboard Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, has successfully detected the first X-ray signature from the Moon. This is the first step in its mission to reveal the origin and evolution of the Moon by mapping its surface composition.

http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Jan23_2009.htm