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09/07/23 10:17 AM IST

Chandrayaan-3

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  • ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 is expected to be launched between July 13 to July 19.
About Chandrayaan-3
  • Built at a cost of around ₹615 crore, India's third lunar mission is aimed at achieving a successful landing of the lander on the moon's surface, followed by the deployment of a rover to carry out a range of experiments.
  • Chandrayaan-3 mission will carry scientific instruments to the moon in order to study its thermophysical properties, lunar seismicity, lunar surface plasma environment and elemental composition.
  • In March, Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully completed the essential tests needed to validate its capabilities to endure the harsh vibration and acoustic vibration that it will face during launch.
  • Chandrayaan-3 is the follow-up mission to the Chandrayaan-2 which was launched on July 22, 2019 and took 48 days to reach the moon's surface.
  • However, the mission failed after the Vikram lunar lander crashed on Moon's surface on September 6, 2019.
  • The current lander for the Chandrayaan-3 mission has undergone several modifications compared to the previous lander used in the Chandrayaan-2 mission.
  • Instead of five motors, the new lander will now have four motors and certain software adjustments have also been made.
  • A major addition to Chandrayaan-3 is the inclusion of Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) payload. The equipment is meant to study the spectral and polarimetric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit.
  • ISRO has established three main objectives for the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
  • These objectives include successfully achieving a safe and gentle landing on the Moon, demonstrating the rover's ability to move around on the lunar surface, and conducting scientific observations directly on-site.
Source- Live Mint

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