Chandrayan Mission 3: Some Interesting Facts that you don’t know about Chandrayan 3   

                    

                

Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14, 2023, at 2:35 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. With the date finally being set on July 2023, the spacecraft will be launched onboard the Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM 3) rocket. Consisting of a separate lander and rover module, the spacecraft is likely to land near the moon's South Pole and operate for one lunar day, equivalent to 14 earth days.

Chandrayan 3 will be the First spacecraft that is going to be land in south pole, demonstrating India’s powers and bold spacefaring ambitions. Chandrayan 3 will be land on the lunar surface safely and softly. It will be launched by LVM3 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.

Watch live Chandrayan 3 launching Sources: - https://www.isro.gov.in//

Let's take a look at some interesting facts about India's third lunar mission.

  • ·        Chandrayan 3 Indian Space Researchers Organization’s Third MOON mission.
  • ·        The mission will have a lander and a rover similar to Chandrayan 2, but no orbiter.
  • ·        The name of Lander is Vikram and name of Rover is Pragyan.
  • ·        Vikram name after Indian great scientist Vikram Sarabhai.
  • ·        Pragyan means “Wisdom” in Sanskrit.
  • ·        Chandrayan 3 mission is launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on a GSLV-Mk3 rocket.
  • ·        This mission is going to be launched in 14th July 2:35pm.
  • ·        On August 23, 2023, the lander is expected to soft-land on the Moon.
  • ·        The lander will launch the rover, which will explore the lunar surface for up to 14 days.
  • ·        On August 23, 2023, the lander is expected to soft-land on the Moon Spacecraft reaches the moon and landed 23-24th August.
  • ·         A variety of scientific instruments will be carried aboard the mission to research the Moon's surface, geology, and atmosphere.

          July can be chosen for moon mission because in the month of July, the earth and moon are              very close to each other.Chandrayaan-3 is the fourth mission of the LVM3 rocket. The            

          rockets will transport the 3,900 kg (3.9 Tonnes) Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.


 The mission objectives of Chandrayaan-3 are:

1.     To demonstrate Safe and Soft Landing on Lunar Surface

2.     To demonstrate Rover roving on the moon and

3.     To conduct in-situ scientific experiments.

To achieve the mission objectives, several advanced technologies are present in Lander such as,

1.     Altimeters: Laser & RF based Altimeters

2.     Velocimeters: Laser Doppler Velocimeter & Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera

3.     Inertial Measurement: Laser Gyro based Inertial referencing and Accelerometer package

4.     Propulsion System: 800N Throttleable Liquid Engines, 58N attitude thrusters & Throttleable Engine Control Electronics

5.     Navigation, Guidance & Control (NGC): Powered Descent Trajectory design and associate software elements

6.     Hazard Detection and Avoidance: Lander Hazard Detection & Avoidance Camera and Processing Algorithm

7.     Landing Leg Mechanism.

Three-Dimensional view of Chandrayan 3 are below: -