India’s moon mission has started again. ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 has started its journey towards the moon on the ‘Baahubali’ rocket. News BBC.
According to reports, the Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the launching pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sri Harikota, Andhra Pradesh at 2:35 pm on Friday (July 14).
The Indian spacecraft is going to land on the moon as the fourth country in the world through this Chandrayaan-3 mission. Before this, only US, Soviet Union and Chinese spacecraft managed to land safely on the lunar surface.
If this mission is successful, India will be the fourth country in the world after America, Russia and China, whose spacecraft will land on the moon. The lander of Chandrayaan-3 is named ‘Vikram’ and the rover is named ‘Pragyan’.
Scientists of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) expect it to land on the moon on August 23 or 24, 40 days from now. Chandrayaan-3 will land on the lunar surface at an angle of 120 degrees. Chandrayaan-3 will have a vertical velocity of less than 2 meters per second.
And if this mission is successful, India will be the first country in the world to be able to land a robot near the south pole of the Moon. That part of the moon is still very little known to people.
The LVM-3 rocket is at the center of ISRO’s Chandrayaan, which will power the spacecraft and push it out of Earth’s orbit. LVM-3 is a three-stage launch vehicle.
This spacecraft is made up of three parts – Orbiter, Lander and Rover. This is India’s third mission to moon. India has previously launched two missions to reach the moon.
The Chandrayaan-3 weighing 3 thousand 900 kg has costed 6.1 billion rupees (75 million dollars). The lander of Chandrayaan-3 is named Vikram after the founder of ISRO, which weighs about 1500 kg. That Vikram will carry the 26 kg rover or robot Pragyan.