Study of Mobility Performance Parameters of Planetary Rovers-A Review

Kumar, Pala Gireesh; Jayalekshmi, S.

doi:10.26674/ijesacbt/2018/49408

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“…The spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was launched on its mission to the Moon on 22nd July 2019, which consisted of an indigenously developed orbiter, lander, and rover. This Chandrayaan project works required to have a "rover testbed" filled with soil [2,13,14], which is similar in composition, texture and geomechanical properties to the expected lunar soil/regolith at the landing site on the Moon surface to carryout necessary simulation studies.…”

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Invention of Indian Moon Soil (Lunar Highland Soil Simulant) for Chandrayaan Missions

Venugopal

Muthukkumaran

Sriram

et al. 2020

Int. J. of Geosynth. and Ground Eng.

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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) planned the Chandrayaan missions 2 and 3 to explore the South Polar Region of the Moon, which is believed to consist of lunar highland soil. As a part of its moon-landing mission, it is necessary to prepare a "lunar surface terrain testbed" so that the lander and rover could be tested under simulated conditions. This has resulted in a requirement of around 50 tons of lunar soil simulant, which can match with actual lunar highland soil with respect to chemical/mineralogical composition, particle size distribution, and some selected geomechanical properties, including the trafficability parameters, as reported in the literature. Though earlier, some countries (like USA, China, and Canada) have produced limited quantities of lunar highland soil simulants (LHSS), as reported in the literature, there was a compelling need to indigenously manufacture a large amount of lunar soil simulant (LSS) under the policy of "MAKE IN INDIA". This technical note explains the development of a new lunar highland soil simulant LSS-ISAC-1 (that is jointly invented by ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) along with

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