The Indian Space Research organisation ( ISRO) has informed that India may attempt another soft landing on the Moon by next year-end, probably in November, .
The ISRO had constituted a high-level committee, headed by S.Somanath, Director of Thiruvanathapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, to prepare a report on the proposed Chandrayaan-3.
“The panel’s report is awaited. The committee has been given a guideline to prepare the mission before the end of next year,” a senior ISRO official told news agency.”There is a good launch window in November”.
Rover, lander and landing operations will get more focus this time and whatever deficiencies in the Chandrayaan-2 mission will be corrected,” ISRO officials said.
On September 7, Isro attempted a soft landing of Chandrayaan-2’s ‘Vikram’ on the uncharted lunar south pole, before losing communication with the lander.
A national-level committee consisting of academics and ISRO experts, headed by V.Narayanan, Director of the space agency’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, has analysed the cause of communication loss with the lander.
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