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Jan
16
Two Landers, One Mission: 2025 Lunar Exploration Begins
2025 Moon exploration begins with the launch of Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 and ispace's Mission 2, part of the HAKUTO-R Venture Moon program
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Dec
31
VayuVani: A Privacy-Preserving Self-Managed LoRa Groundstation
Democratizing Amateur Satellite Communication - all with privacy and local control for under $15!
6 min read
Oct
07
Announcing VayuVani: My Journey to Empower Truly Independent Satellite Communication
Giving voice to signals in the air, one ground station at a time
6 min read
Jun
02
Chang'e 6 lands on the Far-side of the Moon
On June 1 at 22:23 UTC, Chang'e 6 successfully landed on the far side of the Moon after a journey of nearly a month since its launch on May 3, 2024
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May
29
Seeing in unprecedented detail: Key Operational insights into Chandrayaan 2 Orbital High-resolution Camera
The metadata analysis of the Chandrayaan 2 OHRC highlights significant operational trends, such as changes in the orbiter's altitude resulting in setting new benchmarks, previously unreported maintenance events and shift in focus towards upcoming future missions.
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May
06
What the Chinese Chang’e 6 mission aims to bring back from the Far-side of the Moon
In this article, I have explored the geology of the Moon and discussed the objectives of the Chang'e 6 mission, which aims to collect samples from the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, specifically south of the Apollo basin.
6 min read
May
01
Vikram and Pragyan: India's lunar ambassadors, now captured in images by Chandrayaan-2
First ever high-resolution image of Vikram lander and Pragyan rover of Chandrayaan-3 captured by Chandrayaan-2 OHRC
3 min read
Apr
28
SLIM: Unyielding Defiance Amidst Adversities
First ultra-high resolution image of SLIM-JAXA and an overview of its current status and its high precise landing
7 min read
Apr
11
Byte-sized Tutorials
This is a live page where I publish concise tutorials focused on Space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), lunar missions, and the associated tooling.
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Apr
06
Exploring Lunar Data ft. ISRO
Following my earlier announcements, I am excited to introduce the inaugural session of my series. Admittedly, there has been a
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