India’s Flagship Lunar Mission Chandrayaan 3
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LVM3 M4, Chandrayaan-3 – Launch vehicle lifting off from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota, Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LVM3_M4,_Chandrayaan-3_-_Launch_vehicle_lifting_off_from_the_Second_Launch_Pad_(SLP)_of_SDSC-SHAR,_Sriharikota_03.webp (Attribution: Indian Space Research Organisation (GODL-India), license under Government Open Data License-India (GODL): https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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India has launched its third Moon mission and is hoping to become to the first to land near its south pole – which has rarely been explored. If successful, the Chandrayaan-3’s orbiter, lander and a rover are due to touch down on the Moon’s surface on 23 or 24 August. The rocket set off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre space center just after 09:05 GMT (10:05 BST; 14:35 local time). The launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the country’s first major mission since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government announced policies to spur investment in the space industry, in the video published on July 14, 2023, by BBC News, as “India moon mission rocket blasts into space – BBC News“, below:
Chandrayaan 3: How India Aims to Become a Space Superpower | Vantage with Palki Sharma India is bidding to become the only country to land near the south pole of the moon with the successful launch of its Chandrayaan-3 mission. By 2047, almost one-third of the global space economy will be run by India. This launch is not only a significant feat for India’s space ambitions but will further pave the way for future space missions for India. Palki Sharma tells you how, in the video published on July 14, 2023, by Firstpost, as “Chandrayaan 3: How India Aims to Become a Space Superpower | Vantage with Palki Sharma“, below:
Chandrayaan-3 is ISRO’s ambitious mission to the moon. Lunar missions have been launched earlier but landing on the moon is a different ball game altogether. With a Heartbreak we witnessed in 2019, the crash of Vikram lander, 4 years later, ISRO is ready again. In this episode of #Homeland, Pooja Shali explains how India intends to leverage space economy amid geo-political changes, in the video published on July 10, 2023, by India Today, as “ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3: How India Intends To Leverage Space Economy Amid Geo-Political Changes“, below:
ISRO launched Chandrayaan 3 on its mission to the moon, with the Vikram lander gaining many upgrades over the previous flight, hoping to safely descend all the way to the lunar surface and soft land, a challenge which has seen 3 failures in recent years, in the video published on July 15, 2023, by Scott Manley, as “India’s Flagship Lunar Mission Chandrayaan 3: Will it Brake or Break?“, below:
In the video streamed on July 14, 2023, by The Launch Pad, as “NOW! India Chandrayaan-3 Lunar Launch“, below:
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. It consists of Lander and Rover configuration. It will be launched by LVM3 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover configuration till 100 km lunar orbit. The propulsion module has Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) payload to study the spectral and Polari metric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit, in the video streamed on July 14, 2023, by ISRO Official, as “Launch of LVM3-M4/CHANDRAYAAN-3 Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota“, below:
In the video streamed on July 14, 2023, by Gareeb Scientist, as “Watch Chandrayaan 3 launch with Animation and Cool Guests“, below:
To better understand th” below:e India’s Chandrayaan-3, please refer to the excerpt from wikipedia, in italics, below:
Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[7] It consists of a lander and the Pragyan rover similar to Chandrayaan-2, but does not have an orbiter. Its propulsion module behaves like a communication relay satellite. The propulsion module carries the lander and rover configuration until the spacecraft is in a 100 km lunar orbit.[8][9]
Following Chandrayaan-2, where a last-minute glitch in the landing guidance software led to the lander crashing after entering lunar orbit, another lunar mission was proposed.[10]
The launch of Chandrayaan-3 took place at 14 July 2023, at 2:35 pm IST[11] and lunar injection of 100 km circular polar orbit was completed successfully as part of phase one.[2][12] The lander and rover is expected to land near the lunar south pole region on 23 August 2023.[13]
Background
As part of the Chandrayaan programme to demonstrate soft landing on the Moon, ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2 on board a Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM 3) launch vehicle consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover.[14] The lander was scheduled to touchdown on the lunar surface in September 2019 to deploy the Pragyan rover.[15][16]
Earlier reports had emerged about a collaboration with Japan on a mission to the lunar south pole where India would be providing the lander while Japan would provide both launcher and rover. The mission may include site sampling and lunar night survival technologies.[17][18]
The subsequent failure of the Vikram lander led to the pursuit of another mission to demonstrate the landing capabilities needed for the Lunar Polar Exploration Mission proposed in partnership with Japan for 2025.[19] During mission critical flight operations, the European Space Tracking (ESTRACK) operated by European Space Agency (ESA) will support the mission according to a contract.[20]
Objective
ISRO has set three main objectives for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which include:
- Getting a lander to land safely and softly on the surface of the Moon.
- Observing and demonstrating the rover’s loitering capabilities on the Moon.
- In-site observation & conducting experiments on the materials available on the lunar surface to better understand composition of the Moon. [21]
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