According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), Chandrayaan-3, the nation’s third lunar mission, has successfully completed its 24-hour launch rehearsal.
On July 14 at 2.35 p.m., the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota will fire a propel Vehicle Mark-3 rocket to propel Chandrayaan-3 into orbit. The lander and rover will be propelled by the propulsion module into a 100 kilometre lunar orbit.
An indigenous lander module, a propulsion module, and a rover make up Chandrayaan-3. Its goals include creating and showcasing innovative technology needed for extraterrestrial missions. The rover, which will conduct chemical analyses of the lunar surface while moving, will be deployed by the lander once it lands at a specific location on the moon.
Both the lander and the rover will include scientific payloads for the moon’s surface investigations.
A series of ongoing space missions by Isro is known as the Chandrayaan project, also called the Indian lunar exploration initiative. Chandrayaan-1, the first moon rocket, was launched in 2008 and successfully placed into lunar orbit.
Chandrayaan-2 was successfully launched and sent into lunar orbit in 2019, however on September 6, 2019, a software error caused the lander to divert from its landing trajectory and crash down on the moon’s surface.
