Mission Chandrayan 3 : Pride of India.

 All you need to know about Mission Chandrayan 3 

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched Chandrayaan 3, its third lunar exploration mission. On 14th July 2023, at 2:35 pm.

Similar to Chandrayaan-2, it will include a lander and a rover but not an orbiter. Its propulsion system will operate like a satellite relay for communications.

The lander and rover configuration will be maintained by the propulsion module up until the spacecraft is in a 100 km lunar orbit.

The main goal of the mission is to show that safe landing and wandering on the lunar surface can be accomplished end-to-end.

It will also perform a variety of scientific measures both from orbit and on the ground, such as:

The believed to be rich in information lunar south pole. Studying the alleged water ice-rich south pole of the moon.

Examining the Moon's geology and minerals. Determining the lunar environment's radiation exposure and dust composition.

A follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2, which launched in 2019, is Chandrayaan-3. The orbiter was deployed and the lander was successfully placed into orbit during the Chandrayaan-2 mission, but the lander and rover were unable to make a secure landing on the Moon.

For India's space program, the Chandrayaan-3 mission represents a critical turning point. It will be the first Indian mission to perform significant scientific observations on the lunar surface and the first to soft-land close to the lunar south pole.

Trajectory:

The Chandrayaan 3 mission is expected to last for one lunar day, which is about 29.5 Earth days. The rover is expected to travel up to 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the lander and will collect data on the lunar surface.

The success of Chandrayaan 3 would be a major milestone for the Indian space program and would make India the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon.