{"id":47658,"date":"2025-05-16T12:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47658"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:02:41","slug":"eos-09-chandrayaan-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eos-09-chandrayaan-5\/","title":{"rendered":"EOS-09 &#038; Chandrayaan-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>EOS-09 &amp; Chandrayaan-5 Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for its 101st mission with the launch of PSLV-C61 carrying the EOS-09 satellite on May 18 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<h2>About EOS-09<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EOS-09<\/strong>\u00a0is an\u00a0<strong>Earth Observation Satellite<\/strong>\u00a0(EOS), designed to enhance\u00a0<strong>India\u2019s surveillance and imaging capabilities<\/strong>, especially under\u00a0<strong>all-weather and day-night conditions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Technical Features of EOS-09<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EOS-09<\/strong>\u00a0is equipped with a\u00a0<strong>C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The SAR technology enables the satellite to\u00a0<strong>capture high-resolution images of Earth\u2019s surface<\/strong>, regardless of\u00a0<strong>weather conditions<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>time of day<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This makes the satellite crucial for\u00a0<strong>disaster monitoring<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>flood mapping<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>agriculture assessment<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>border surveillance<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>urban planning<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The satellite adds to India\u2019s\u00a0<strong>remote sensing infrastructure<\/strong>, critical for\u00a0<strong>environmental monitoring<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>national security<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>climate resilience<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Chandrayaan-5 \/ LUPEX Mission Collaboration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ISRO and\u00a0<strong>Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)<\/strong>\u00a0conducted the\u00a0<strong>3rd Technical Interface Meeting (TIM-3)<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>May 13\u201314<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Bengaluru<\/strong>, for the upcoming\u00a0<strong>Chandrayaan-5 \/ LUPEX mission<\/strong>\u00a0(Lunar Polar Exploration).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Overview of Chandrayaan Series<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Chandrayaan series<\/strong>\u00a0represents India\u2019s progressive lunar exploration:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chandrayaan-1<\/strong>: Orbital lunar mapping and discovery of water molecules.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chandrayaan-2<\/strong>: Orbiter and attempted a lander-rover mission.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chandrayaan-3<\/strong>: Successful\u00a0<strong>soft landing and rover deployment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chandrayaan-4<\/strong><i>(upcoming)<\/i>: Aimed at\u00a0<strong>lunar sample return<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chandrayaan-5 \/ LUPEX<\/strong>: Joint India-Japan mission targeting\u00a0<strong>lunar volatile analysis<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0<strong>South Pole<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mission Details of Chandrayaan-5 \/ LUPEX<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The mission will focus on studying\u00a0<strong>lunar volatile materials<\/strong>, especially\u00a0<strong>lunar water ice<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs)<\/strong>\u00a0near the\u00a0<strong>lunar south pole<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It will be launched by\u00a0<strong>JAXA\u2019s H3-24L launch vehicle<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>lunar lander<\/strong>\u00a0will be developed by\u00a0<strong>ISRO<\/strong>, while the\u00a0<strong>rover<\/strong>\u00a0will be developed by\u00a0<strong>MHI, Japan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Scientific payloads will be contributed by\u00a0<strong>ISRO<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>JAXA<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>European Space Agency (ESA)<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>NASA<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The instruments will focus on\u00a0<strong>in-situ analysis of volatiles<\/strong>, enhancing our understanding of\u00a0<strong>lunar resource potential<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>future human habitation feasibility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>EOS-09 &amp; Chandrayaan-5 FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:\u00a0<\/strong>What is EOS-09?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0EOS-09 is an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS) developed by ISRO to enhance India\u2019s all-weather, day-night imaging capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:\u00a0<\/strong>What is the Chandrayaan-5 \/ LUPEX mission?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0The Chandrayaan-5 \/ LUPEX (Lunar Polar Exploration) Mission is a collaborative lunar mission between ISRO and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/science\/isro-to-launch-its-101st-satellite-on-sunday-chairman-v-narayanan\/articleshow\/121191588.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EOS-09 is an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS), designed to enhance India\u2019s surveillance and imaging capabilities, especially under all-weather and day-night conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[466,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-47658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-eos-09-chandrayaan-5","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}