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New Delhi: ISRO is going to launch Chandrayaan-3 mission today. Chandrayaan-3 will be launched from Sriharikota. All kinds of preparations have been completed regarding this mission. It will be launched today at 2.35 pm. As soon as Chandrayaan-3 lands on the surface of the moon, India will be the fourth country in the world to do so.
With the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, India will become the fourth country after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union to have mastered the soft landing on the Moon. ISRO said that the 25.30 hours countdown for the launch of ‘Chandrayaan-3’ began on Thursday.
Chandrayaan-3 is the next phase of ‘Chandrayaan-2’ of the year 2019. The goal that India had missed in achieving that mission, it will be completed on August 23 by Chandrayaan’s soft landing on the lunar surface.
Before the launch of Chandrayaan-3, the moon lander Vikram will be placed on the GSLV Mark 3 Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle, which is called Bahubali rocket. It has been named Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LM-3). GSLV is 43.5 meters high. That is, its height is more than the Qutub Minar located in Delhi. Chandrayaan-3 will land on the lunar surface on August 23, 40 days after launch.
Former ISRO chief K Sivan said that we have come to know what was the problem in the previous mission. We have not left any kind of problem this time. We hope that we will definitely be able to land Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface on time.
For the first time, India’s Chandrayaan will land on the South Pole of the Moon, where traces of water have been found. The discovery made during India’s first moon mission in 2008 shocked the world.
Under this mission, scientists are expected to analyze the lunar soil, move around the lunar surface, and find out some important information related to the moon. ISRO says that learning from the mistake made during the previous moon mission, we have reduced the number of engines on the lander from five to four and have also updated the software. Everything has been properly tested.
Let us tell you that Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first mission to the Moon, which was launched in October 2008 and continued till August 2009.
Whereas in 2019, Chandrayaan-2’s lander deviated from the planned trajectory and had to face a hand landing. However, the orbiter is still circling the moon and sending data.
