SPACE PHYSICS LABORATORY (SPL)

Sept. 9, 2019

Scientists at the Space Physics Laboratory (SPL) are continuing their efforts to establish contact with Vikram, the lander on the Chandrayaan-2 mission which has now been traced by the orbiter. Of the 14 payloads aboard India’s second moon mission, four are from the SPL.

About: 

  • Parent agency: Space Physics Laboratory (SPL) is a premier science laboratory of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).

  • Location: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

  • Mandate: It carries out research on the lower and upper atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres of the Earth and other solar system bodies, using a suite of state-of-the-art experiments; ground-based, aboard ships and aircrafts, balloon and rocket -borne, and satellite payloads.

Source : The Hindu

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