TNI Bureau: India’s Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 2.35 PM IST on Friday, July 14.
Chandrayaan 3 is an Indian lunar mission that will explore the Moon’s south polar region. No country has ever gone there before.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission follows Chandrayaan-2, where scientists aim to demonstrate various capabilities including reaching the orbit of the moon.
Here is everything about Chandrayaan-3:
’Fat boy’ LVM3-M4 rocket carried Chandrayaan-3.
Chandrayaan-3 mission consists of an indigenous propulsion module, lander module and a rover with an objective of developing and demonstrating new technologies required for inter-planetary missions.
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It is a spacecraft to be sent to moon by ISRO.
LVM 3 is the rocket that will drop Chandrayaan 3 at a point above earth.
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It will circle earth 5-6 times to get the slingshot effect to reach moon.
Around 16 minutes after lift-off, propulsion module is expected to get separated from the rocket and would orbit the earth for about 5-6 times in an elliptical cycle with 170 km closest and 36,500 km farthest from earth moving towards the lunar orbit.
Lander will aim to make soft landing on moon.
After landing, primary objective of this mission is to prepare a three-dimensional atlas of near & far sides of the moon.
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