Summary
- On August 27th,
Danuri took photos of Chandrayaa-3's landing site with a high-resolution
camera.
- Minister Lee
Jong Ho conveyed his congratulations for India's lunar south pole landing
through a letter.
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lee Jong Ho, hereinafter
referred to as "MSIT") and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute
(President Lee Sang Ryul, hereinafter referred to as "KARI")
announced that Danuri succeeded in capturing images of the landing site of Chandrayaan-3
on August 27th.
The photo was taken by Danuri with one of its payloads, a high-resolution
camera, on August 27th at approximately 7:55 AM from the lunar
mission orbit (about 100km above the lunar surface), to commemorate humanity's
first-ever lunar south pole landing by India's lunar lander Chandrayaan-3 on
August 23rd.
[Figure: August
27th, Danuri's photo of Chandrayaan-3's landing site (high-resolution camera)]
* The image of
Chandrayaan-3 by courtesy of the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) X
account (formerly Twitter).
Minister Lee Jong Ho of MSIT had sent
a written letter and congratulated Sreedhara Somanath, the Chairperson of the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on the significant scientific
achievement of the successful lunar south pole landing through Chandrayaan-3.
In this congratulatory letter delivered on August 28th, the Minister
also expressed his hope to strengthen the cooperative relationship in the space
sector between two countries going forward.
Danuri is planned to perform
various scientific and technological missions while circling the lunar mission
orbit until December 2025. These missions include capturing images of potential
lunar landing sites, observation of polarized light and gamma ray for drafting
a map of lunar surface elements and minerals, measurement of lunar magnetic
activity that will lead to the understanding of the origin of the Moon, and
validation of space internet technology. Importantly, in the coming December,
MSIT and KARI plan to disclose a variety of achievements, including photos of
potential lunar landing sites, 5 types of lunar element maps, radiological
environment of the Moon, and many more, in order to commemorate the 1st
anniversary of Danuri's mission on the Moon.
For further information, please contact the Public
Relations Division (Phone: +82-44-202-4034, E-mail: msitmedia@korea.kr)
of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
Please refer to the attached PDF.