India's Chandrayaan-2 guides Japan's SLIM mission to land on moon
ALSO READ: ISRO's Vikram lander, Chandrayaan-3 gets pinged by retroreflector from NASA spacecraft To date, the Chandrayaan-2 mission's orbiter continues to study the moon and provides critical data on its topography, mineralogy, and the search for water ice. It weighs 3850 kg and was a leap forward from its predecessor Chandrayaan-1. The Chandrayaan-1 had orbited the moon at a height of 100 km for mapping purposes.
In another news, NASA's spacecraft, a laser instrument onboard orbiting the Moon has successfully pinged the Vikram lander of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, the US space agency said, on January 24. According to details, ISRO and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are set to collaborate with the upcoming LUPEX mission, a joint India-Japan enterprise. However, before the collaboration between the two came into the picture, JAXA already benefited from ISRO's experiences.
After a months-long journey, SLIM entered lunar orbit on 25 December. It was aimed for a precision landing within 100 meters of its target site. The latest imagery shows it tipped over which blocked its solar panel from getting charged.
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