India's Moon Exploration Program

[vampyrbladez]

I live in Scotland that's why I am awake at this time. By the way, pakis don't keep awake to witness indian launches. My comment was in no way inappropriate. If you start calling everybody a Paki like this, there would be no indian left in thus forum.
Please check any body's old post before calling names.
I don't want to pick a fight here. Its been a bad day for us already with a disaster in hp.

I know concern trolling when I see it. Your commentary is unusually verbose.

 

[akk]

I know concern trolling when I see it. Your commentary is unusually verbose.

I don't know what is your problem. You probably don't like anybody else commenting. Anyway, that is your problem. I will not bother replying further.

 

[akk]

So no launch even tomorrow....................................

By the way, problem was detected in fuel transfer during cryogenic fuelling. The rocket will be de-fuelled, taken to assembly complex and then it will be assessed. Minimum 10 days as per information on other websites.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Chandrayaan 2 Launch Called Off Dramatically After Snag During Cryogenic Fuelling, ISRO to Give New Date

ISRO froze the Chandrayaan 2 countdown at 56 minutes and 24 seconds to launch after a technical snag was noticed reportedly when the cryogenic fuel was being loaded.

News18.com

Updated:July 15, 2019, 4:16 AM IST

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): In an anti-climax of sorts, Chandrayaan 2, India's second mission to the moon, was called off in the early hours of Tuesday after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) encountered a technical snag.

"A technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system at 1 hour before the launch. As a measure of abundant precaution, #Chandrayaan2 launch has been called off for today. Revised launch date will be announced later," ISRO tweeted.




The snag was reportedly noticed when the cryogenic fuel was being loaded.

"The technical snag was noticed during the cryogenic fuel was being loaded. We have to approach the vehicle to assess the problem. First, we have to empty the fuel loaded in the rocket, then the rocket will be taken back for further investigation," news agency IANS quoted a source as saying.

"This process will take 10 days after that only we can decide on the launch schedule," the source said.

The lift-off of the three-component spacecraft weighing 3,850 kg and comprising an orbiter, the lander and the rover was scheduled for 2:51 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. However, the countdown was held back with 56.24 minutes to go for the launch.

The mission was to follow the successful maiden Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-1 launched in 2008. The rocket (Chandrayaan-1) which made more than 3,400 orbits around the moon, was operational for 312 days till August 29, 2009.

The Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 onboard Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-MkIII-M1 was scheduled to take 54 days to accomplish the task of landing on the Moon through meticulously planned orbital phases.

After a full dress rehearsal last week, the countdown for the mission commenced at 6.51 am on Sunday and scientists underwent various stages of propellant filling to power the rocket ahead of the launch.

India will step up the international space race when it launches the low-cost mission to become only the fourth country to land a probe on the Moon. India has spent about $140 million to get Chandrayaan-2 ready for the 384,400 km trip from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre to the scheduled landing on the lunar south pole.

The United States spent about $25 billion — the equivalent of more than $100 billion in current prices — on 15 Apollo missions, including the six that put Armstrong and other astronauts on the Moon.

China landed its Chang'e 4 lunar craft in January, and spent $8.4 billion on its entire space programme in 2017, according to international Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development figures. And Russia, the first country to land an unmanned Moon rocket in 1966, spent more than $20 billion at today's values on lunar missions in the 1960s and 70s.

Almost the entire Chandrayaan-2's orbiter, lander and rover have been designed and made in India. India will use its most powerful rocket launcher, GSLV Mk III, to carry the 2.4 tonne orbiter, which has a mission life of about a year.

The spacecraft will carry the 1.4 tonne lander Vikram — which in turn will take the 27-kilogramme (60-pound) rover Pragyan — to a high plain between two craters on the lunar South Pole.

ISRO chief K Sivan had earlier said that Vikram's 15-minute final descent "will be the most terrifying moments as we have never undertaken such a complex mission". The solar-powered rover can travel up to 500 metres (yards) and is expected to work for one lunar day, the equivalent of 14 Earth days.

Sivan said the probe will be looking for signs of water and "a fossil record of the early solar system".

https://www.news18.com/news/india/c...elling-isro-to-announce-new-date-2230215.html

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Officially confirmed................

ISRO deleted older tweet. New one:

 

[cyclops]

ISRO deleted older tweet. New one:

This is more or less a common occurrence in quite a few high profile space launches.

But still, disappointing nonetheless.

 

[Frontrunner]

Ohhh what bummer... Was waiting anxiously for this day to arrive.. nd it looks like a delay of atleast 15-20 days.. nevertheless keeping fingers crossed.. all the best isro.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Better to delay than suffer embarrassment. Even SpaceX launches go awry.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

"The technical snag was noticed during the cryogenic fuel was being loaded. We have to approach the vehicle to assess the problem. First we have to empty the fuel loaded in the rocket, then the rocket will be taken back for further investigation," an ISRO source told IANS.

"This process will take 10 days after that only we can decide on the launch schedule," the source added.

https://news24online.com/news/why-c...s-postponed-get-all-information-here-9e32bbc1

 

[aarav]

Better be late then sorry ,you don't want to end up like israeli moon mission which crash landed on moon

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Better be late then sorry ,you don't want to end up like israeli moon mission which crash landed on moon

Israeli lunar mission wasn't Israeli itself nor a real scientific mission. It was a just to land mission by a group of students for prize riding an American rocket.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Israeli lunar mission wasn't Israeli itself nor a real scientific mission. It was a just to land mission by a group of students for prize riding an American rocket.

Which is an even bigger accomplishment!

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Which is an even bigger accomplishment!

Not in anyway. Making just a moving cart and piggybacking on foreign launcher isn't some sort of achievement. Nor you need any special technology for it.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Not in anyway. Making just a moving cart and piggybacking on foreign launcher isn't some sort of achievement. Nor you need any special technology for it.

To have a bunch of NEETs pull off something this big IS highly commendable. Thanks to SpaceX, private industry in space exploration is now possible!

 

[Frontrunner]

To have a bunch of NEETs pull off something this big IS highly commendable. Thanks to SpaceX, private industry in space exploration is now possible!

Exactly.. not to forget an Indian company named team indus had highest probability of pulling a lunar mission to bag google lunar xprize mission.. however they also fell short of funding.. apparently Israel lunar mission was more for optics nd national pride than to scientific discoveries.. beresheet lunar mission was a testament of Israel's scientific advancement nd also for future generations to take draw towards science. By any means it was no mean feat..

 

[Indx TechStyle]

To have a bunch of NEETs pull off something this big IS highly commendable. Thanks to SpaceX, private industry in space exploration is now possible!

Even we have such a team called Team Indus and private Indian launcher companies are emerging gradually (however they won't be able to compete with ISRO anytime soon).

Israeli Moon mission is nothing comparable to Chandrayaan-2 which was heavier, more advanced, had scientific payloads and was mounted Indian rocket integrated with Indian systems to showcase India's technological capabilities.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Sahi kiya

Fuel leak in cryogenic engine led to Chandrayaan-2 mission call off moments ahead of launch

Sources with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday said Chandrayaan 2 moon mission launch was aborted due to leakage in the engine. A leakage in the engine was suspected, soon after which the launch of Chandrayaan 2 was put to a halt, they said.

The sources also said the launch of Chandrayaan 2 would have been unsuccessful had it lifted off with the engine leakage. Moreover, scientists with the ISRO said it would have not been possible for Chandrayaan 2 to reach the aimed direction.

Meanwhile, sources have said the launch of Chandrayaan 2 is very likely to take place next month. However, there is no official confirmation on the same.

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/in...-new-date-for-moon-mission-launch-isro-535201

 

[Indx TechStyle]

https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-...craiozanic-stage-chandrayan-2-stopped-1206804

The third stage, the most important stage in the rocket, seems to be a technical flaw as the batteries for the cryogenic engine are not charged. The addition of cryogenic gas bottle leakage has also been identified as another technical flaw. ISRO officials have announced that the launch has been postponed. This type of technical error has never been filed in the past. This is why ISRO scientists are criticizing the cause of this error. It is believed that the Chandrayaan-2 experiment is likely to be conducted on September 9.

https://www.ap7am.com/flash-news-656452-telugu.html

ISRO has also announced that it will refuel with liquid hydrogen an hour before the launch. And in the final minutes, ISRO decided to postpone the experiment, since the computer was showing that there was some vacuum, refueling in the tank, and that the batteries were not fully charged at the same time.

https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/national/chandrayaan-2-launch-postponed/810923

The unexpected change was caused by the fuel leak in the launch vehicle GSLV Mark-3. Preliminary information said the leak occurred in the most complex part. The malfunction occurred about half an hour after the liquid hydrogen was filled. Following the discovery of the leak, the mission director proposed postponing the launch.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Even we have such a team called Team Indus and private Indian launcher companies are emerging gradually (however they won't be able to compete with ISRO anytime soon).

Israeli Moon mission is nothing comparable to Chandrayaan-2 which was heavier, more advanced, had scientific payloads and was mounted Indian rocket integrated with Indian systems to showcase India's technological capabilities.

One is a private effort, other is a public funded one. Latter will have much higher mission objectives and budgetary allocations.

From an engineering standpoint, the Israeli mission is aso to be commended.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

One is a private effort, other is a public funded one. Latter will have much higher mission objectives and budgetary allocations.

I'm saying later one was an American rocket, not Israeli capability at all.

Second, if it's all about landing a cart on moon, we could do with a small cart on PSLV a decade ago.