Chandrayaan-3 Live Updates: What may lead to a crash landing? ISRO official explains…
• Amid high expectations of Chandrayaan-3’s soft landing on the Moon’s surface, news agency ANI quoted an ISRO official on Tuesday, saying that a “crash landing” is likely when the speed of the lander is not controlled. As it goes down to touch the lunar surface, the reduction of speed plays an important role along with the consideration of Moon’s gravitational force.
•”The lander will try to land on the Moon’s surface from a height of 30 km on August 23, and its velocity at that time will be 1.68 km/sec. Our focus will be on reducing that speed because Moon’s gravitational force will also play its part. If we don’t control that speed, there will be chances of crash landing. If any health parameter (of the lander module) is found abnormal on August 23, then we will postpone the landing to August 27,” says Nilesh Desai, Director of Space Applications Centre-ISRO said.
