Chandrayaan-3 Live updates: As per the latest updates, Pragyan Rover has successfully crossed its first surface obstacle. Pragyan Rover jumped to cross a Lunar Carter with a depth of around 100mm. ISRO also released a video that showcased the Pragyan rover roaming around Shiv Shakti point, the touchdown site of lander Vikram, on the lunar surface.
ISRO also revealed the first observations from the ChaSTE payload onboard Vikram Lander through a recent tweet.
About Chandrayaan 3 Mission
The Chandrayaan-3 mission is carrying 7 advanced scientific instruments to the moon. Check details
| Mission | Chandrayaan 3 |
| Mission Operator | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
| Mission Type | Lunar Landing |
| Launch Date | July 14, 2023 |
| Launch Time | 2:35 PM |
| Launch Vehicle | LVM-3 |
| Launch Spaceport | Satish Dhawan Space Cente, Sriharikota |
| Mission Cost | Rs. 615 Crore. |
| ISRO Chairman | Sreedhara Panicker Somanath |
| Chandrayaan-3 Landing Date | August 23, 2023 |
| Chandrayaan-3 Landing Time | 6:04 PM |
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Date & Time
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched Chandrayaan 3 on the 14th of July at around 2:35 PM. Chandrayaan-3 was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India.
After a long 40-day journey, Chandrayaan-3 reached its destination.
Chandryaan-3 Mission Soft-landing LIVE Telecast
What is Chandrayaan-3 Mission?
The Chandrayaan-3 mission is an ambitious project of the Indian Space Research Organization. The primary objective of this mission is to put a lander and rover in the highlands near the south pole of the Moon and demonstrate end-to-end landing and roving capabilities.
Chandrayaan-3 is the follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2. Chandrayaan 3 will consist of an indigenous Lander module (LM), a Propulsion module (PM), and a Rover.
Lander Module (LM)
According to ISRO, the Lander and Rover have scientific payloads that will help in carrying out experiments on the lunar surface. During the course of its mobility, the Lander will assist the Rover in deploying on the lunar surface so that it can conduct an in-situ chemical study of the lunar surface.
The Lunar Module also has the potential to soft land the Rover at a specific lunar location.
Propulsion Module (PM)
The propulsion module will detach the landing module from the launch vehicle injection and carry it to the final 100 km circular polar orbit of the moon.
In addition, the Propulsion module carries a scientific payload that will operate once the Landing Module separates.
Chandrayaan-3 Launch Video
Chandrayaan 3 mission is being conducted because of Chandrayaan 2, which took 48 days to reach the moon’s surface, but later failed after the Vikram lunar lander crashed on the moon’s surface. Watch the video.
Chandrayaan-3 Budget
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission for Chandrayaan-2 which cost Rs. 978 Crore including Rs. 603 crores for the orbiter, lander, rover, navigation, and ground support network, and Rs 375 crore for Geo-stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle. Whereas, the cost of Chandrayaan-3 is just Rs. 615 crore.
Objective of Chandrayaan-3
There are three main objectives of Chandrayaan-3 as per the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO):
- To show how to land on the moon’s surface safely and gently.
- To demonstrate Rover roving on the moon
- To perform in-situ scientific experiments on the moon.
To achieve the above-mentioned mission objectives, ISRO has used several advanced technologies that are present in Lander.
- Velocimeters: Laser Doppler Velocimeter & Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera
- Altimeters: Laser & RF based Altimeters
- Inertial Measurement: Laser Gyro based Inertial referencing and Accelerometer package
- Hazard Detection and Avoidance: Lander Hazard Detection & Avoidance Camera and Processing Algorithm
- Navigation, Guidance & Control (NGC): Powered Descent Trajectory design and associate software elements
- Landing Leg Mechanism
Chandrayaan-2 vs Chandrayaan-3
A list of Similarities & Difference between Chandrayaan-2 & Chandrayaan-3
| Chandrayaan-2 | Chandrayaan-3 |
|---|---|
| Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019. | Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 13, 2023. |
| Chandrayaan-2 was aimed to land a rover on the lunar South Pole. | Chandrayaan-3 is the follow-up mission of Chandrayaan-2. |
| Chandrayaan-2 included an orbiter. | Chandrayaan-3 did not carry an orbiter. |
| Chandrayaan-2 was launched using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III. | Chandrayaan-3 was also launched using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III. |
| Chandrayaan-2 comprised of Vikram lander and Pragyan rover. | Chandrayaan-3 was launched with just a lander and a rover. |
| Chandryaan-2 had just one camera. | Chandrayaan-3 has two cameras. |
Chandrayaan-3 FAQs
A. Chandrayaan 3 was launched on 14th July around 2:35 PM.
A. Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019.
A. The full cost of the mission Chandrayaan-3 is Rs. 615 Crore.
A. Chandrayaan-3 will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India.
A. The primary objective of this mission is to put a lander and rover in the highlands near the south pole of the Moon and demonstrate end-to-end landing and roving capabilities.
A. Sreedhara Panicker Somanath is an Indian aerospace engineer and is the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
A. ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organisation.
A. The budget for the Chandrayaan-2 mission was Rs. 978 Crore.
A. Chandrayaan-1 was launched on 22 October 2008.
A. Chandrayaan-3 made a soft landing on the Moon’s surface on August 23, 2023, at 6:04 PM.
