After successful launching of Chandrayaan 2 recently, India’s ISRO also proved that we have some genius brains as India becomes the first country to script history by landing on Moon’s South pole. On the other hand, US’s NASA has a large workforce where employees come from all corners of the world, including India. This directly means they have a large pool of talents. The relationship between NASA and ISRO holds a great future, too.
Now, after ISRO, NASA is also making attempts to achieve a response from lander Vikram that is lying motionless on the Moon. As we know that ISRO lost communication with Vikram lander on the early hours of September 7. Today, NASA has also joined hand with ISRO trying to establish contact with the lander. NASA’s Jet Propulsion laboratory has beamed a radio frequency to Vikram lander in order to establish contact.
This Jet Propulsion laboratory is trying to contact Vikram through its deep space network (DSN) as contractually agreed with ISRO. Moreover, the 14-day period of the lander is also making hopes a bit bleak with each passing day. That is, the lander can be exposed to the Sun’s rays for only 14 Earth days as the solar panels become cold and will not be able to energise further, making it difficult for lander Vikram to operate.
Currently, Deep space network (DSN)has DSN ground stations in Goldstone, South California (US), Madrid (Spain) and Canberra (Australia). These stations are located 120 degrees apart and aim to establish contact with any satellite up there. DSN is eminently known for supporting both NASA and non-NASA missions that seek to explore the furthest points of our solar system.
It is wonderful to see how the relationship between NASA and ISRO have evolved and NASA has always lauded India’s missions. Earlier, NASA and ISRO have joined worked for Mangalyaan mission. Now that NASA is also looking for communication with Vikram, let’s hope for a positive output.
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