In @ISRO we trust!
Rocket launches are about every gram of structural optimization, every drop of propellant, every watt of electrical power, and every line of control algorithm perfectly fine-tuned to work in unison — no wonder “rocket scientists” represent the pinnacle of engineering. It is a testimony to the commitment, diligence and smarts of the folks putting together the launch vehicle — little wonder then that every rocket launch is a celebration and a privilege to be a part of.
When you optimize and put so many different systems to work together at peak performance in a very short period of time there are challenges. Battles are won when every small detail in the retinue of cutting edge engineering works the way they are designed to work. There is always that inherent risk of failure and that comes with the territory.
ISRO’s fantastic launch record speaks for itself and we are sure that our space agency would find solutions and get over the glitch in no-time at all. We don’t think we could have signed on a better partner for launching our historic mission to the Moon. As we always say, the TeamIndus Moon Mission will be evidence to the great things that can be achieved when the finest of India’s public organisations come together with India’s entrepreneurs.
We at TeamIndus have been working with the pedal to the metal in our bid to become the first private entity to land on the Moon. We continue to build and progressively test the qualifying model of our Spacecraft as well as latest iteration of ECA the rover. TeamIndus is looking forward to the launch of our Mission to the Moon early next year. We will utilise the few extra weeks to ensure greater confidence in our control algorithms as well as undertake more mission simulations and extra rehearsals before launch.
TeamIndus expects very little impact, if any, on our launch scheduled for the first quarter of 2018. The glitch reported appears limited to a pyro device circuit in the nose-faring with all other systems working as they should. We will continue collaborating closely with Antrix and ISRO for our launch preparations.
As some of you may know, a major engineering review is schedule in the first weeks of October and we look forward to hosting the eminent engineers and scientists from the Google Lunar XPrize in our campus. Our monthly engineering update has been published and you can read it here. August was a reasonable month for us with the team notching several key engineering milestones, details of which would be shared in the update.
Watch this space!
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