On command it (Vikram lander) fires the engines, elevates itself by about 40 cm as expected, and lands safely at a distance of 30 to 40 cm away, ISRO says in an update
Bengaluru: India’s space organisation ISRO on Monday, September 4, said the Vikram lander successfully underwent a ‘hop test’ when it made a soft-landing again on the lunar surface once again, a special report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
Faithfully following commands from ISRO’s space centre on Earth, the Vikram lander fired its engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30 to 40 cm away, an official press release said.
Noting that the Vikram lander exceeded its mission objectives, ISRO said the importance of the exercise was that it would serve to inspire future space missions.
“Vikram soft-landed on the moon, again! Vikram Lander exceeded its mission objectives. It successfully underwent a hop experiment. On command, it fired the engines, elevated itself by about 40 cm as expected and landed safely at a distance of 30-40 cm away,” ISRO said in a post.
“This simple experiment will serve as a learning model for future space missions enthuses future sample return and human missions! All systems performed normally and are in good condiont. Deployed Ramp, ChaSTE and ILSA were folded back and redeployed successfully after the experiment,” the space agency added.
India scripted history by soft-landing the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface on August 23.
India became the fourth country to touch the lunar surface and first to ever reach the south pole of the moon.
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