Lunar odyssey Chandrayaan-3 lands safely: Mohali lab made processor for Vikram lander

Ajay Banerjee

New Delhi, August 23

When the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed on moon today, it owed a part of its success to Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali.

The SCL fabricated Vikram Processor (1601 PE01) that allowed the navigation of the launch vehicle and camera configurator flown aboard for the Vikram lander imager camera. The processor’s main application is in the realisation of onboard computers for navigation, guidance and control processing in flight applications.

The SCL, earlier under the Department of Space, was shifted in 2022 to the Union Ministry of Electronics Information and Technology. The SCL, which specialises in making chips, industry word for semi-conductors, has a long association with ISRO.

Main parts sourced from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) congratulated the ISRO for the significant feat. The HAL also released a picture detailing its own work with ISRO by contributing metallic and composite structures, all propellant tanks and bus structure for rover and lander, which have flown in Chandrayaan-3.

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