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Mission Chandrayaan-3 on track: Watch the best moments of the launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Isro has embossed on the rear wheel of the 27kg six-wheeled Pragyan roveran image of Isro logo and of the national emblem.
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Chandrayaan-3 scripts new chapter in India’s space odyssey, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched its third lunar mission. “Chandrayaan-3 scripts a new chapter in India’s space odyssey. It soars high, elevating the dreams and
Wishing India good luck, Nasa administrator Bill Nelson tweeted: “Congratulations to Isro on the Chandrayaan-3 launch, wishing you safe travels to the Moon. We look forward to the scientific results to come from the mission, including Nasa’s laser retroreflector array. India is demonstrating
Isro on Friday successfully launched the LVM3 in its fourth operational mission and put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit. If all goes as per plan, the Chandrayaan-3 lander, Vikram, should touch down on the lunar surface at around 5.47pm on August 23, after 40 days of journey
When the rover will roll out on the Moon, the rear wheel will make a mark of the national emblem and the Isro logo on the Moon surface throughout its 100-metre path.The Chandrayaan-3 module, comprising the propulsion, lander and rover, carries six payloads that will help Isro understand the lunar soil and also get the blue planet’s photographs from the lunar orbit.
The life of the payloads carried by the propulsion module post-ejection of the lander is between three and six months. On the other hand, the mission life of the lander and the rover is 1 lunar day or 14 earth days, Isro said. Subsequent to the soft landing, the rover will roll out and carry out experiments on the lunar surface.
The rover will carry Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) for deriving the elemental composition in the vicinity of the landing site, the agency said. The lander payloads, which include RAMBHA and ILSA, would study the Moon’s atmosphere and dig the surface to understand its mineral composition.
Vikram will click photos of Pragyan rover as it studies the seismic activity on the Moon by dropping some instruments. Using laser beams, it would try to melt a piece of the lunar surface to study gases emitted during the process.
Watch ISRO launches Chandrayaan-3; “Will carry dreams of nation,” says PM Modi
