Key Takeaways
- ISRO released the first public Lunar far side images captured by Chandrayaan-3.
- LHDAC camera helps locate a safe landing zone free of boulders and trenches.
- The images were produced at the Space Applications Centre in Bengaluru.
Chennai: Ahead of its eagerly awaited soft landing on the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday released the images of far side of Lunar area captured
by Chandrayaan-3.
ISRO said the images of Lunar far side area were captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC).
In all four images captured by LHDAC were released by ISRO. This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area–without boulders or deep trenches–during the descent is developed by ISRO at Space Applications Centre (SAC), Bengaluru.
SAC is one of the major centres of ISRO that focuses on the design of space‑borne instruments for ISRO missions.
It also handles the development and operationalisation of applications of space technology for societal benefits, including communication, navigation, and disaster monitoring.
Key areas such as meteorology, oceanography, and natural resource surveying are supported by SAC’s innovations.
The applications cover communication, broadcasting, navigation, disaster monitoring, meteorology, oceanography, environment monitoring and natural resources survey.
