ECIL’s Contribution for Chandrayaan-3 Mission

New Delhi: Electronics Corporation of India Limited, a Government of India Enterprise under Department of Atomic Energy, has been supporting country’s space program right from inception by setting up the ground antenna network at all centers of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for communication.

It is proud to be associated with the Chandrayaan-3 Mission by way of providing the indigenously designed antenna systems needed for Tracking, Telemetry, Command and Ranging (TTC&R) operations of moon mission program through ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC).

ECIL supplied the 32-meter-Deep Space Network (DSN) antenna which facilitated the vital communication support for Chandrayaan mission. This 300ton Antenna System has been built indigenously in association with Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) and ISTRAC. The antennae precisely points to the spacecraft orbiting around moon at about 4 lakh KM distance from earth for command-and-control operations.

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The Antenna System employs state-of-the-art technology of precision formed reflector surface with an accuracy better than 0.3 millimeters, Wheel and Track Mount, Beam Wave guide, Feed Systems and Servo Control System. The realization of this Antenna involved almost all the disciplines of engineering like soil mechanics, Structural Engineering, Mechanical, Radio Frequency & Microwave and Control Engineering.

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It will continue to play crucial role during acquisition of data and images from moon captured by Vikram and Pragyan. ECIL also provided 18,11 and 7.2-meter Antenna systems and 4.5-meter Ship borne Terminal to ISTRAC to support tracking, telemetry and command operations of space mission critical programs right from the time of launch. 

ECIL is closely working with ISRO for the indigenous design and realization of the antennae systems and Safe & Secure Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) for the upcoming missions like Aditya, Gaganyaan and Mangalyaan 2.

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