Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch Chandrayaan 3 on July 14 from Sriharikota. Earlier, ISRO successfully concluded the launch rehearsal for Chandrayaan-3, and it integrated the encapsulated assembly of Chandrayaan-3 with the LVM3 launch vehicle at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Chandrayaan-3 mission:
The ‘Launch Rehearsal’ simulating the entire launch preparation and process lasting 24 hours has been concluded.Mission brochure: https://t.co/cCnH05sPcW pic.twitter.com/oqV1TYux8V
— ISRO (@isro) July 11, 2023
Know the date, time and place from where Chandrayaan-3 will be launched
Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14 at 2:35 P.M from Sriharikota. Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third lunar exploration mission. It will make India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the moon’s surface and will showcase its ability for safe and soft landing on the lunar surface.
LVM3 M4/Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The countdown leading to the launch tomorrow at 14:35:17 Hrs. IST has commenced.Curtain raiser: https://t.co/xn4nRucAMn
— ISRO (@isro) July 13, 2023
Taking to Twitter, ISRO stated that their mission readiness review was complete, and the board had authorised the launch. The countdown for the same has begun.
Chandrayaan-3 mission:
The ‘Launch Rehearsal’ simulating the entire launch preparation and process lasting 24 hours has been concluded.Mission brochure: https://t.co/cCnH05sPcW pic.twitter.com/oqV1TYux8V
— ISRO (@isro) July 11, 2023
Encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 is mated with LVM3
It was on July 5th that the ISRO had at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 was mated with LVM3.
— ISRO (@isro) July 5, 2023
Know all about the Chandrayaan-3 mission
Chandrayaan-3 will be Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) follow-up attempt after the Chandrayaan-2 mission faced challenges during its soft landing in 2019. Chandrayaan-3 mission will demonstrate a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface, rover roving on the moon and conducting in-situ scientific experiments.
Chandrayaan-3’s development phase began in January 2020, with the launch planned sometime in 2021. However, due to the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the project was put on hold for some time.
Director of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath, had said that if everything goes well, the spacecraft will land on the moon on August 23.
Moon serves as a repository of Earth’s past, and a successful lunar mission by India will help in enhancing life on Earth and prepare us to explore the rest of the solar system — and beyond.
Prime objective of Chandrayaan-3 Mission
Director of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath, said ISRO’s prime objective was to enable a safe and soft landing of Chandrayaan-3. Speaking about the objective, Somanath said, “Our main objective is safe and soft landing; all equipment will be fine if it goes safe and there is a soft landing. We are good with the landing system. Rover will come out after landing, rover has six wheels, and we are expecting the rover will work for 14 days on the moon…With the support of multiple cameras on the rover, we will receive images. We have a solar panel on the rover. We already tested it and have good results with the battery.”
Dr Jitendra Singh says, “Chandrayaan-3 will open up new moon vistas for the world”
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Jitendra Singh said while speaking to media that, “ India’s earlier mission, Chandrayaan-1 had thrown up new light on various aspects of the moon as it was Chandrayaan-1 which brought before the world for the first time the evidence of the presence of water on the surface of the moon. Now, the whole world looks up to Chandrayaan 3 with great anticipation, expectation and hope, and at the same time waits for it to uncover many more new features and mysteries of the Moon and the universe.”
He further said the Chandrayaan-3 mission signals March to the Moon one step closer and also demonstrates the fact that India is not lagging behind other countries so far as exploration of the moon is concerned. He said the unique feature of this mission is that it will not only observe the Moon from the Moon but will also see Earth from the Moon, thus making India part of the world’s elite club of three or four nations.
