Chandrayaan 3, India's Third Lunar Mission, is on Track

Chandrayaan 3, India's third lunar mission, is on track. The LVM 3 M 4 Chandrayaan 3 rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota at 2.35 am. The launch of the probe from the second launch pad marks a new leap for India in the history of investigation of lunar mysteries. Reached the first orbit in the 22nd minute. ISRO Chairman S Somnath said that the spacecraft is traveling as expected and it is a proud moment for the country.

The 26-hour long countdown started at 1.05 am on Thursday. Then the process of fueling the rocket began. Along with this, the rocket and probe software, electronic systems, pressure variations etc. were continuously monitored.

At the end of the countdown, the autonomous system took over the launch task. Chandrayaan will reach the temporary near-Earth orbit in the sixteenth minute of the launch. The orbit will be raised in a phased manner over the coming days.

The thrusters can be ignited by commands from the control room. It has been decided to raise the path in five stages. In the first week of August, the probe will break through the Earth's gravitational field and reach the Moon. At the end of the long journey, the third week of August will enter the sphere of attraction of the Moon. Then it will be brought to within a few hundred kilometers of the moon. The propulsion module is then detached. Again 50 km will move towards the edge. The probe will land on the moon's south pole on August 23 or 24. Speed is controlled by firing four thrusters in opposite directions. Soft landing is done by self-controlled system with the help of sensors. The lander and rover have six main test instruments. These will be used for two weeks of exploration.

The objective of the mission is to land the 1752 kg lander on the surface of the moon and the rover inside it to land on the surface of the moon and conduct chemical exploration in the vicinity. The lander of the third mission is a modified version of the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2, which lost control at the last moment of landing on the moon. With the success of the lander, which aims to land on the moon on August 23 or 24, India will also become the fourth country to soft land a rover on the moon.