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India’s lunar mission sends first research data to Earth

  • August 28, 2023
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The landing module of the Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 transmitted to Earth the first survey data collected on the surface of the Earth satellite. As Ukrinform reports, Xinhua

India’s lunar mission sends first research data to Earth

India’s lunar mission sends first research data to Earth

The landing module of the Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 transmitted to Earth the first survey data collected on the surface of the Earth satellite.

As Ukrinform reports, Xinhua writes about it with reference to the Indian Space Research and Development Organization.

It was noted that Indian scientists received data on the temperature section of the south pole of the surface for the first time. months.

“The equipment measured the temperature of a slice of lunar soil around the south pole to understand the thermal behavior of the lunar surface,” said Xinhua.

The Indian lander is equipped with a mechanism that can plunge into the surface layer to a depth of 10 cm using ten separate temperature sensors.

As Ukrinform reported, on August 23, India became the fourth country to successfully land the Chandrayaan-3 mission on the Moon.

The mission has landed near the Moon’s south pole and will survey its surroundings for approximately one lunar day (about 14 Earth days).

Source: Ukrinform

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