Chandrayaan-3: ‘Let us keep our fingers crossed,’ says ex-ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan. Top 10 points
Chandrayaan-3 was successfully launched using the GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Here are the top ten developments. 1.
The spacecraft is now on its way from Earth to the moon, with an estimated journey duration of about a month. The anticipated landing date is set for August 23, ANI reported. Once it reaches the moon's surface, Chandrayaan-3 will operate for one lunar day, equivalent to approximately 14 Earth days.
This timeframe allows the mission to maximize its exploration and data-gathering activities during the limited operational period on the Moon. 2. Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, will make India the fourth country after the US, China, and Russia, to land its spacecraft on the surface of the moon and demonstrate the country’s abilities for safe and soft landing on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan-3 is the ISRO's follow-up attempt after the Chandrayaan-2 mission faced challenges during its soft landing on the lunar surface in 2019 and was eventually deemed to have failed its core mission objectives. 3. Chandrayaan-3 will be inserted into the Lunar Transfer Trajectory after the orbit-raising manoeuvres.
Covering a distance of over 300,000 km, it will reach the Moon in the coming weeks. Scientific instruments onboard will study the Moon’s surface and enhance our knowledge. 4.
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