ISTRAC gets first signal from Chandrayaan-1BANGALORE: With the Chandrayaan- 1 taking off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, the action has shifted to Bangalore.
The ground facilities of Chandrayaan- 1, located in Bangalore, received the first signal from the spacecraft at around 6.40 am, confirming the health of the spacecraft.
A senior ISRO official told to this website's newspaper: “The ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), near Peenya, received the first signal from the spacecraft when it detached from the rocket. It confirmed the health of the spacecraft. The Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) located in Byalalu, Bangalore, has not been put to use as yet, since it needs to be energised only after the spacecraft is more than one lakh kilometres away from the earth’s surface.” Two ground facilities - IDSN and ISTRAC - will perform the task of receiving the health information as well as scientific data from the spacecraft.
It also transmits the radio commands to be sent to the spacecraft during all the phases of its mission. Besides, it processes and stores the scientific data sent by Chandrayaan-1
Security at Indian Deep Space Network Antenna System for Chandrayaan-I Mission, at Byalalu near Bangalore.
