On 4th June, S Somnath, the Isro Chairman, talked to HT while confirming that the launch window intended for the mission had been finalized between 12th July and 19th July. The Isro (Indian Space Research Organisation) will launch the Chandrayaan-3, the 3rd edition of its lunar mission, at 2:30 pm on 13th July from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre located in Sriharikota, according to some senior officials who are familiar with the proceedings.
The Chandrayaan program
The Chandrayaan program, which is also referred to as the Indian lunar exploration program, happens to be the outer space mission’s ongoing series. As per a senior official from the space department, the launch window happened between 12th July and 19th July. Even though there were some 11th-hour modifications in the time slots, they have almost finalized the decision to launch on 13th July at 2:30 pm.
On 22nd May HT first reported that the Chandryaan-3 mission of India is going to happen around 12th July. S Somanath, the Isro chairman, confirmed on 4th July that they had taken the final decision to make the launching between 12th July and 19th July.
However, Somanath did not make any comments when HT approached him for confirming the date of the launch.
The Chandrayaan program, also referred to as the Indian lunar exploration program, happens to be an ongoing series of Isro’s outer space missions. Isro launched the Chandrayaan-1, the first moon rocket of India, in 2008, and it went into lunar orbit successfully.
Lander of Chandrayaan-2 crash-landed in 2019
Despite the fact that Chandrayaan-2 had been launched successfully and put into lunar orbit in the year 2019, its lander ended up crash-landing on the surface of the moon once it diverted from its own trajectory while trying to land on the moon’s surface because of a software problem on 6th September 2019.
Chandrayaan-3 comprises a propulsion module, a native lander module, as well as a rover. The objectives of Chandrayaan-3 consist of formulating and showcasing innovative technologies needed for interplanetary voyages. This lander will be capable of soft landing at the designated lunar site plus deploying the cover that is going to execute an in-situ chemical evaluation of the surface of the moon at the time of the course of its mobility. The rover and the lander are going to have scientific payloads to make experiments on the surface of the moon.
The Isro is going to launch Chandrayaan-3 in place of Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-3), earlier referred to as GSLV Mk-III (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk-III) rocket from the well-known Satish Dhawan Space Centre, situated in Sriharikota. The configuration of the rover, as well as the lander, will be carried by the propulsion module till the 100 km lunar orbit.
The primary intention of the Chandrayaan-3 mission will be to assess Moon’s far side while attempting to soft land on the surface of the moon.
