Chandrayaan 3
Chandrayaan, which means “moon vehicle” in
Sanskrit
ISRO Chief - S. Somanath
Chandrayaan-3 is India’s lunar mission, which
aims to be the world’s first mission to soft-land
near the lunar south pole.
Aim to land a rover on the lunar South Pole.
Chandrayaan 3 launched on 14 July 2023 at 2:35pm
from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
It will be land at the moon’s South Pole, a location
where the presence of water molecules was discovered
during India’s inaugural moon mission in 2008.
With this, India is going to become the fourth country
to accomplish a gentle touchdown on the Moon,
following the United States, the Soviet Union, China
Launched by the Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3)
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.
Chandrayaan-3 is consists of 3 major modules1) Lander Module (LM),
2) Propulsion Module (PM) and
3) Rover .
It aims to reach moon in 40 days (expected to soft land between August 23 and 24)
1) The propulsion module will carry the lander
and rover configuration till 100 km lunar
orbit.
2) The Lander will have the capability to soft
land at a specified lunar site and deploy the
Rover which will carry out in-situ chemical
analysis of the lunar surface during the course
of its mobility.
The Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) plans to retain the names of the
Chandrayaan-2 lander and rover for their
Chandrayaan-3.
Lander – Vikram
Rover - Pragyan (Sanskrit for "wisdom")
Total weight of the rocket
The rocket consists of
1) Propulsion Module - 2148 kg,
2) Lander Module - 1752 kg,
3) Rover - 26 kg
Total - 3900 Kg.
Objectives of Chandrayaan-3
1) To demonstrate safe and soft landing
on the lunar surface.
2) To demonstrate Rover roving on the
moon.
4) To conduct in-situ scientific
experiments.
Budget Of Chandrayaan 3
With an estimated budget of Rs 615
crore, Chandrayaan-3 is said to be one of
the most cost-effective space missions
Rocket Woman of India.
India Moon Mission is being led by Ritu Shrivastava.
She is a scientist at ISRO.
She was Mission Director of Chandrayaan-2 and the
Deputy Operations Director of Mangalyaan, India's Mars
Orbiter Mission (MOM).
Native of Lucknow, UP.
She is popularly known as the rocket woman of India.
History Of Chandrayaan Mission
India has launched two lunar missions so far, The first
Chandrayaan mission was launched on October 22,
2008.
The mission was known for its discovery of water on
the moon and later it led to many other discoveries
too.
The second mission, Chandrayaan-2 was launched on
July 22, 2019,
The lander made it to the lunar orbit, but was later lost
just 2.1 km above the moon's surface.
Chandrayaan -2
Chandrayaan 2 mission was launched from
Sriharikota Space Center on 22 July 2019 to the
Moon by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
Mark III (GSLV Mk III).
Chandrayaan 2 is an Indian lunar mission that will
explore the Moon’s south polar region. No country
has ever gone there before.
The launch vehicle will be carrying an orbiter, a rover
named Pragyan and a lander named Vikram
ISRO Chief – K Sivan