India’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, is scheduled to launch on July 14, 2023. The mission will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
The journey from Earth to the Moon will take Chandrayaan-3 about 50 days. The spacecraft will travel in a lunar transfer orbit, which is an elliptical orbit that takes it around the Earth and then the Moon. Once it reaches the Moon, Chandrayaan-3 will enter a lunar orbit. The spacecraft will then land on the Moon in the Mare Orientale basin. The landing site is about 600 kilometers from the South Pole of the Moon.
#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh | India is all set to launch its 3rd moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-3’ tomorrow at 2:35 PM. I pray that everything goes well and it lands on the moon on August 23 onwards any day: S Somanath, ISRO Chief on the launch of Chandrayaan-3 pic.twitter.com/wMp7NIjifM
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
India’s lunar program is still in its early stages, but it has the potential to make significant contributions to our understanding of the Moon. The Chandrayaan-3 mission is a major step forward for the program, and it is likely that India will launch more lunar missions in the future.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission will carry various logical instruments, including a camera, a spectrometer, and a radar. These instruments will be utilized to concentrate on the outer layer of the Moon and look for water ice. The excursion from Earth to the Moon will take Chandrayaan-3 around 50 days. An elliptical orbit that takes the spacecraft around the Earth and then the Moon is known as a lunar transfer orbit. Chandrayaan-3 will enter a lunar orbit once it reaches the Moon.
#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh | A team of ISRO scientists team arrive at Tirupati Venkatachalapathy Temple, with a miniature model of Chandrayaan-3 to offer prayers.
Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14, at 2:35 pm IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, ISRO had… pic.twitter.com/2ZRefjrzA5
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
