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The Chandrayaan programme (/ ˌtʃʌndrəˈjɑːn / CHUN-drə-YAHN) (Sanskrit: Candra 'Moon', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle', pronunciation ⓘ) [ 4 ][ 5 ] also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the exploration of the Moon.
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. It consists of Lander and Rover configuration. It will be launched by LVM3 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.
ISRO's mission objectives for the Chandrayaan-3 mission are: Engineering and implementing a lander to land safely and softly on the surface of the Moon. Observing and demonstrating the rover's driving capabilities on the Moon.
Jul 7, 2023 · The spacecraft is in an orbit of 153 km x 163 km after the firing on August 16, 2023. The mission is in the orbit circularisation phase. The spacecraft is in 151 km x 179 km orbit. Chandrayaan-3's orbit is reduced to 174 km x 1437 km following a manuevre performed on August 9, 2023. LBN#2 is successfully completed.
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. It consisted of a Lander, Rover and Propulsion module to carry the landing module till 100km lunar orbit.
Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission, will work to build on the success of the earlier Moon missions and Isro officials say it will help make some "very substantial" scientific...
Aug 5, 2023 · Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Update. Today, the Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved a crucial milestone with the successful completion of the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI). The insertion was carried out by retro-burning at the Perilune for 1835 seconds, starting at 19:12 Hrs IST.
