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CHANDRAYAAN-3

India has launched its third moon mission, two stages
aiming to be the first to land near its little explored 3. CHANDRAYAAN-3

south pole. orbits the earth in phases until
its enter the Moon’s orbit
The Chandrayaan-3 space craft with an orbiter,
Lander and a rover lifted off at 14:35 on Friday (09:05 4. Module enters lunar
GMT) from Sriharikota Space Centre. The Lander orbit
reached the South Pole of moon on 23rd August 2023. 5. Lander separates from
After its success India was the fourth country to achieve propulsion module
a soft landing on the moon, after the US, The former 6. Lands near the DIVYA SIDDAPPA HURKENNAVAR,
D/o HC/GD S. L. HURKENNAVAR
Soviet Union and China. Thousands of people who South Pole of Moon GC CRPF BENGALURU
watched the launch from the viewer’s gallery and the
BBC’s Mr. Arunoday Mukharji who was at the launch site WHY CHANDRAYAAN-3
said there were roars of “Bharat Mata ki Jai” (Victory to TAKES TIME TO REACH THE MOON ?
Mother India) from every corner of the hall. Lack of powerful rocket :-
While the CHANDRAYAAN-3 mission was
“Chandrayaan-3 has begun its journey towards launched on India’s heaviest rocket the launch vehicle
the moon” Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Mark-III, it is still not strong enough to propel the mission
comments following the successful lift off. Chief on a direct path to the moon. Hence, the longer journey.

Sreedhara Panikar Somanath said “Our launch vehicle Its propulsion module behaves like a communication
has put the CHANDRAYAAN on the precise orbit relay satellite.
around earth”. Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi
said CHANDRAYAAN-3 “Scripted a new chapter in It comes 13 years after the country’s first moon
India’s space odyssey”. “It’s soars high, elevating the mission in 2008, which carried out “The first and most
dreams and ambition of every Indian. This momentous detailed search of water on the lunar surface during day
achievement is a testament to our scientist’s relentless time”, said Sh. Mylswamy Annadurai, Project Director,
dedication. I salute their spirit and ingenuity!” he wrote CHANDRAYAAN-1.

on his X account. The third India’s programme of lunar CHANDRAYAAN-2 which also comprised an orbiter, a
exploration, CHANDRAYAAN-3 has achieved its mission Lander and a rover- was launched in July 2019 but it
to success. was only partially successful. Its orbiter continues to
circle and study the moon even today, but the lander-
HOW CHANDRAYAAN-3 WORKS rover failed to make a soft landing and crashed during
touchdown. It was because of “a last minute glitch in the
1. Take off from Sriharikota, India breaking system”, explained by Mr. Annadurai.
2. Rocket detach in
CHANDRAYAAN-3, which weighs 3,900 kg and cost 6.1

billion rupees, has the “same goals” as its predecessor
– to ensure a soft landing on the moon’s surface, he
added. CHANDRAYAAN-3 is successfully inserted into
the lunar orbit. It not only expanded our knowledge of
the moon but has also demonstrated India’s growing
capabilities in the Space exploration.