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Japan has conquered the moon with the help of India.
SLIM landed on the lunar surface with the help of Chandrayaan 2.
New Delhi: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s lunar lander, Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM), landed on the Moon on January 20. The agency confirmed Thursday that it did so about 55 meters east of the original target landing site. The agency accomplished its main mission of landing with an accuracy of 100 meters.
According to Hindustan Times report, Japan did this with the help of India’s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2, which is considered technically ‘failed’. But whose orbiter continues to guide vehicles of India and other countries. JAXA has issued a statement regarding this on Thursday.
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ISRO scientists said that Chandrayaan-2 may not have achieved its ultimate objective of landing on the Moon in 2019, but its orbiter has been providing important data from the Moon for almost five years. It also played an important role in shaping the success of its successor Chandrayaan-3 last year.
ISRO Chairman S Somnath said on Friday that ‘We analyzed the photos received from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter to plan the landing of Chandrayaan-3. This helped us not to repeat the same mistakes we had made in the past. It will also help us in planning future lunar missions.
It is known that on September 2, 2019, the lander module of Chandrayaan-2 successfully separated itself from the orbiter, to begin the final journey before attempting to land on the lunar surface. However, a few days later, on 7 September, the Vikram lander crashed on the Moon. Although the mission did not achieve its intended goal, the instruments on the orbiter have since been providing important data from the Moon’s orbit.
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Tag: Chandrayaan 2, ISRO, Japan
first published : January 27, 2024, 07:06 IST
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