Chandrayan 3’s Assam connection
First Published: 22nd August, 2023 20:36 IST
Scientist Chayan Dutta from Lakhimpur in Assam was the Deputy Project Director of ‘On Board Command Telemetry, Data Handling, and Storage System, Lander, Chandrayan-3"
In less than 24 hours history will be created. India’s moon mission, Chandrayan 3 will land in moon. A proud moment for every Indian across the globe. For Assam the landing will be extra special as
scientist Chayan Dutta who hails from the state, was the person who oversaw the launch control operations of the Chandrayaan-3 mission in July.
An alumnus of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Tezpur University, Chayan Dutta is working as a Scientist/Engineer-G at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, Department of Space.
He wast heading the “On Board Command Telemetry, Data Handling, and Storage System, Lander, Chandrayan-3” as Deputy Project Director. The Command and Data Handling subsystem is essentially the ‘brains’ of the orbiter and controls all spacecraft functions.
Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission carried out by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), was launched on July 14 at 2.35 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
A successful soft landing will make India the fourth country, after the United States, Russia, and China, to achieve the feat.
Also Read : Schools in Assam to live stream Chandrayaan-3 landing on Moon
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