JOIN USISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said that the ISRO makes available the data collected by them to the students for research work on their website.
Speaking after inaugurating the international conference on start ups, incubators and entrepreneurship and also the National Science Day programme organised by the Yenepoya University in the City on Sunday, he gave an insight on the tremendous achievements and contributions made by the scientists at ISRO including the Chandrayan I and Mangalyaan projects.
The ISRO chairman said that the ISRO is ready for Chandrayan-II Mission, which is an advanced version from the previous Chandrayan-I Mission. “It consists of an Orbiter, Lander and Rover configuration. It is planned to be launched as a composite stack into the Earth Parking Orbit (EPO) of 170 X 18,500 km by GSLV-Mk II. The Orbiter carries the combined stack up to the moon, till the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI). The combined stack is then inserted into a lunar orbit of 100 km x 100 km. The Lander is separated from the Orbiter in this orbit. The Chandrayan II will be totally an Indian mission,” he explained.
The students later interacted with the Kiran Kumar. Yenepoya University Chancellor Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi was present.