Priya Aditi
Chandrayaan-3: A day before the launch, a team of scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) visited the Tirupati Temple with a model of the Chandrayaan-3 satellite.
Chandrayaan-3, India’s third moon exploration mission, will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on a Launch Vehicle Mark-3 rocket on Friday at 2.35 p.m. The propulsion module will transport the lander and rover to a lunar orbit 100 km in altitude.
A group of approximately eight scientists were observed entering the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh. Outside the temple, the crew told reporters, “This is Chandrayaan-3, our mission to the moon…There will be a launch tomorrow.”
Isro’s Scientific Secretary, Shantanu Bhatwadekar, was a member of the crew.
After offering prayers at Sri Chengalamma Temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Isro Chairman S. Somanath announced on Thursday, “Chandrayaan-3 will launch tomorrow.” We hope that everything goes as planned and the spacecraft lands on the moon on August 23.”
On Thursday, the countdown for the Chandrayaan-3 mission will commence. At 1:05 pm, the 26-hour countdown will commence.
Tuesday also saw the completion of a 24-hour launch rehearsal for Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission. Isro tweeted, “The 24-hour ‘Launch Rehearsal’ simulation of the entire launch preparation and process has concluded.”
Wednesday, Isro announced that the ‘Mission Readiness Review’ (MRR) for Chandrayaan-3 had been completed. “The (MRR) board has authorized the launch,” the space organization tweeted. Tomorrow, the countdown commences.”
Chandrayaan-3
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2. The mission’s objective is to “demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe lunar landing and roving.”
The components of Chandrayaan-3 are an indigenous lander module, a propulsion module, and a rover. Its objectives include the development and demonstration of new interplanetary technologies. The lander will be capable of landing at a predetermined lunar location and deploying the rover, which will conduct chemical analysis of the lunar surface during its mobility.
The lander and rover will be equipped with scientific instruments to conduct investigations on the lunar surface.
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Chandrayaan Mission
Isro’s Chandrayaan initiative, also known as the Indian lunar exploration program, is a series of ongoing space missions. Chandrayaan-1, the first moon rocket, was launched in 2008 and successfully deployed into lunar orbit.
