Chandrayaan-3 mission has been finalized at a cost of Rs 615 crore.
New Delhi:
India is going to create a record in the world of space today. India’s Third Moon Mission Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayaan-3): ISRO launched these 3 space missions before Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayaan-3 soft landing, know details here) has landed on the South Pole of the Moon on Wednesday evening. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Chandrayaan-3 mission will make a ‘soft landing’ at the Moon’s South Pole at 6.04 pm. All its systems are working normally. The whole world is waiting for this moment. If the soft landing is successful, India will become the fourth country in the world to do so. So far, only landers from America, Russia and China have been able to make a soft landing on the moon.
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Chandrayaan-3 (Chandrayaan-3 launch date) was launched by ISRO on 14 July from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. India also launched Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2 before Chandrayaan-3. Let’s know about India’s two lunar missions before Chandrayaan-3…
Chandrayaan-1
India launched Chandrayaan-1 on 22 October 2008. This was India’s first lunar mission. Chandrayaan-1 was an orbital mission. Meaning its job was only to orbit the moon. Chandrayaan-1 discovered water molecules i.e. water on the surface of the moon. The 11 machines involved were developed in India, America, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria. Since this discovery, the possibility of future life on the moon has increased.
Chandrayaan-1 orbited the moon at an altitude of 100 km above the lunar surface. Chemical, mineralogical and photo-geological photographs of the moon were also taken. After achieving the main mission objectives in the year 2009, the spacecraft was transferred to an orbit 200 km from the Moon. However, ISRO lost contact with Chandrayaan-1 on 29 August 2009.
Mangalyaan
Mangalyaan or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was India’s first mission to Mars. ISRO launched it on 5 November 2013. Mangalyaan successfully entered Mars orbit on 23 September 2014. The entire mission was launched on a very low budget. ISRO prepared this spacecraft for a 6-month mission. But he continued to provide his services for 8 years.
The objective of the Mars mission was to establish an orbit around Mars. Its orbiter carries five scientific payloads weighing about 15 kg each. According to ISRO, the Mars Orbiter collected data on surface geology, morphology, atmospheric processes, surface temperature and atmospheric escape process.
Chandrayaan-2
ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-2 mission in 2019. Its purpose was to conduct detailed studies to understand the origin and development of the Moon. Chandrayaan-2 was supposed to land the rover on the Moon, but on 7 September 2019, the lander Vikram lost contact with ground control. However, the orbiter is still operational and provides data about the moon.
ISRO said the Chandrayaan-2 findings provide an opportunity to study the surface-exosphere interaction on the Moon.