ISRO To Launch Its Lunar Exploration Chandrayaan-3 Mission Likely In July 2023
Bengaluru, 19th May 2023: In less than two months, if everything goes according to plan, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to demonstrate key technologies for landing the spacecraft on the south pole of the moon.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission has equipment to investigate the elemental composition close to the landing site, the lunar surface plasma environment, lunar seismicity, and the thermo-physical properties of the lunar regolith.
“Chandrayaan-3 mission is scheduled in July second week,” a senior official of the Department of Space’s national space agency, which has its Bengaluru headquarters, told PTI on Thursday (May 18).
According to ISRO officials, another experimental instrument would study the spectro-polarimetric signatures of the Earth from the lunar orbit, which would fit in the theme of “Science from the Moon,” while the scope of these scientific instruments on the lander and the rover would fit in the theme of “Science of the Moon.”
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft performed the necessary tests to verify its ability to resist the extreme vibration and acoustic conditions it would experience during launch in March of this year.
The purpose of Chandrayaan-3 is to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and wandering on the lunar surface as a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2. It has a Lander and Rover configuration, according to an ISRO official.
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