INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BENGALURU: Isro on Monday said that on August 27, Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan came across a 4-metre diameter crater positioned 3 metres
ahead of its location, causing it to change its path
First Lunar Obstacle- A 100-mm deep CRATER!As reported by TOI earlier, rover operations on the Moon are semi-autonomous and ground stations
need to uplink commands for its mobility
(DEM), then the ground and mechanisms teams will decide which path to take and uplink the command for the rover to follow
On August 27 too, a similar operation was carried out to ensure that the rover avoids the new crater.How does rover moveWatch: Chandrayaan-3
Rover Pragyan crosses massive 4-meter diameter crater positioned just 3m aheadPointing out that the rover operations are not fully
autonomous and require commands to be sent from Earth, Chandrayaan-3 P Veeramuthuvel told TOIi movement of Pragyan is riddled with multiple
For every path planning, onboard navigation camera data must be downloaded to ground for generation of a digital elevation model (DEM), then
are limitations on the rover too
is commanded to move, it can at best cover 5 metres
Even there, there are challenges of obstacles etc
A small crater has also been crossed, its depth is approximately 100mm
5-hr turnaround timeIsro has already done multiple rover movements as of Sunday
But there are limitations such as non-availability of telemetry and telecommunications 24/7, the need to track the sun continuously and so,
mobility and another is around five hours
he explained.B-20 Summit: PM Modi says Chandrayaan-3's success marks start of India's festive seasonGiven that the rover is packed with
telemetry, telecommand, battery, NGC, data handling storage, etc
This also consumes time as we need to also look at the science data coming in from the payloads
shares Chandrayaan-3 latest images: Pragyan rover navigates Moon's treacherous terrain, avoiding massive crater
