On August 30, the rare 'super blue Moon' combined with ESA's New Norcia antenna interactions with ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 Lander, creating a unique celestial and technological spectacle for observers in Western Australia. As the Sun set in Western Australia on August 30, the Moon rose from the horiz
Like many interested in this rare phenomenon, ESA’s New Norcia deep space antenna turned its attention to Earth’s natural satellite as it came into view. But it wasn’t just the Moon that ESA was interested in.
On August 23, the Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module successfully touched down on the lunar surface, achieving that goal and making India just the fourth nation to achieve such a landing.: using its antennas around the world to communicate with the spacecraft, to send commands to it that control it in flight and on the surface, and to receive important information about the health of the spacecraft and data from its scientific instruments.
The unusual brightness and the location of the Moon in the sky aligned perfectly to make it visible inaimed at the New Norcia antenna for almost the entire three-and-a-half-hour communication window.
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