Meet Two Assamese Scientists who played an integral part in launch of Chandrayaan 2

Sriharikota: India’s second lunar mission was on track as its ‘Bahubali’ GSLV rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft — Chandrayaan 2 — into the orbit in a copybook style on Monday afternoon, also, the role of Dr JN Goswami also cannot be ignored.

Dr. Goswami’s played an essential role when it comes to Chandrayaan-1.

He was the principal scientist of the mission and was also an integral part of the Chandrayaan-2.

Chandrayaan, India’s most ‘ambitious’ space project till date, has much in store for Assam to rejoice.

Apart from him, one more important part of the mission is Dipak Kumar Das.

It is to be noted that he is presently the director of Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO.

The SAC had a pivotal role in Chandrayaan-2’s successful launch.

The Chandrayaan-1 mission launched in 2008 was successful in tracing water molecules on the moon.

The Rs 375 crore, heavy-lift GSLV-Mk III rocket slung the Rs 603 crore, 3.8 tonnes Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft in its intended earth parking orbit.

The 43.4 metres tall, 640-tonne rocket, nicknamed ‘Bahubali’, carried the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, which will carry out India’s second mission to its closest celestial neighbour.

From here, it will be a long, over a one-and-a-half-month journey for Chandrayaan-2 as it will traverse the 384,400 km that separate Earth and its sole satellite.

After the launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan said: “Today is a historic day for science and technology in India. I am extremely happy to announce that GSLV-Mk III injected Chandrayaan-2 into the defined orbit. This is the beginning of a historical journey for India to land on the moon in the South Pole, to explore the unexplored.

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