Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 was launched in July 2019, entering lunar orbit a month later. Two cameras imaging the surface with sufficient detail to resolve Apollo are available. The OHRC (Optical High Resolution Camera) was intended to image the polar regions in high detail (up to 32cm per pixel). The TMC (Terrain Mapping Camera) performed the same mapping process as it did for Chandrayaan-1, but with an improved resolution (up to 5m per pixel.

The OHRC imaged Apollo 11 & 12 as part of a ‘ground truthing’ exercise aimed at verifying everything was working correctly. Despite claims to the contrary, those high resolution views were revealed in a webcast in June 2021, and again in September 2021. This paper mentions the Apollo 11 LM as part of a study of boulder distribution using the OHRC image.

The files can be downloaded here.

Apollo 11

Imaged by OHRC on 02-04-21, orbit 7150, downloaded orbit 7158 via Bangalore.

Filename ch2_ohr_ncp_20210402T0546284043_d_img_d18/ch2_ohc_ncp_20210402T0546284043_d_img_d18 (raw/calibrated).

Apollo 12

Imaged by the OHRC on 05/04/21, orbit 7191, at 16:06, downloaded via Bangalore on orbit 7196.

Filenames ch2_ohr_ncp_20210405T1606537227_d_img_d18/ch2_ohc_ncp_20210405T1606537227_d_img_d18 (raw/calibrated).

Imaged by the TMC aft camera on 07/08/25, orbit 26562 at 19:04, downloaded via Bangalore on orbit 20563.

Filename ch2_tmc_nra_20250807t1904346006_d_img_d18/ch2_tmc_nca_20250807t1904346006_d_img_d18 (raw/calibrated)

Imaged by the TMC nadir camera on 07/08/25, orbit 26562 at 19:04, downloaded via Bangalore on orbit 20563.

Filename ch2_tmc_nrn_20250807T1904346006_d_img_d18/ch2_tmc_ncn_20250807t1904346006_d_img_d18 (raw/calibrated)

Imaged by the TMC foreward camera on 07/08/25, orbit 26562 at 19:04, downloaded via Bangalore on orbit 20563.

Filename ch2_tmc_nrf_20250807T1904346039_d_img_d18/ch2_tmc_ncf_20250807T1904346039_d_img_d18 (raw/calibrated)

Apollo 16

Imaged by the TMC aft camera on 20/07/21 at 23:30 on orbit 8585, downloaded via Bangalore on orbit 8493.

Filenames ch2_tmc_nra_20210720T2333035757_d_img_d32/ch2_tmc_nca_20210720T2333035757_d_img_d32 (raw/calibrated)

Imaged by the TMC nadir camera on 20/07/21 at 23:30 on orbit 8585, downloaded via Bangalore on orbit 8493.

Filenames ch2_tmc_nrn_20210720T2333035757_d_img_d32/ch2_tmc_ncn_20210720T2333035757_d_img_d32 (raw/calibrated)

Imaged by the TMC forward camera on 20/07/21 at 23:30 on orbit 8585, downloaded via Bangalore on orbit 8493.

Filenames ch2_tmc_nrf_20210720T2333035757_d_img_d32/ch2_tmc_ncf_20210720T2333035757_d_img_d32 (raw/calibrated)

Apollo 17

Imaged by the TMC forward facing camera on 12/06/22 on orbit 12467. Downloaded on the same orbit via Bangalore.

Filenames ch2_tmc_nrf_20220612t1449306007_d_img_d32/ch2_tmc_ncf_20220612t1449306007_d_img_d32 (raw/calibrated)

Imaged by TMC nadir camera, 07/02/25, orbit 24349 at 11:02, downloaded orbit 24350 via Bangalore.

Imaged by TMC aft camera, 07/02/25, orbit 24349 at 11:02, downloaded orbit 24350 via Bangalore.