Bangalore, Nov 26: India's unmanned lunar spacecraft
Chandrayaan RPT unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan is
functioning normally even though there has been a rise in
temperature in the moon's atmosphere, an ISRO official said
today.
"It is a usual phenomena because it is summer on the moon.
There is nothing to worry. It will be normal by December,"
Satish, ISRP spokesperson told reporters.
He said the craft's nine payloads, which have been
switched on, are working fine and sending back data.
In view of the rise in temperature, ISRO will not work on
all the payloads at a given time to ensure that they are not
affected by the heat, he said.
"Two of the high voltage payloads SARA and Hex will be
switched on shortly. These payloads are sensitive equipment
and need more voltage. By the first week of December, the
atmosphere will become benign on the moon," he said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 00:00