Chandrayaan 3 Launch UPSC
Source : The Hindu
GS III : Science and Technology
Overview
- News in Brief
- Chandrayaan 3 Explained
Why in News ?
India’s third Moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, launched from the Sriharikota launch pad.
- The mission aims to put an end to Chandrayaan-2’s disaster, which occurred when it crashed into the lunar surface in 2019.
News in Brief
- Even though India began our space mission considerably later than other nations, those who had already landed before us were unable to get the information that Chandrayaan had discovered.
- Now, this Chandrayaan 3 will expand those trials that suggest or allude to the potential for human habitat on the Moon at some point in the future.
- The outcomes will be favorable to India on a number of levels.
- It has elevated India to the top position in the world in terms of both space technology and the space industry.
- Chandrayaan-3 aims to achieve what its predecessor, Chandrayaan-2, was unable to accomplish during its attempted soft landing.
Chandrayaan 3 Explained
When Chandrayaan-3 launched?
- Chandrayaan-3 mission has launched at 2.35 pm 14 July 2023.
- Chandrayaan-3’s launch has
Which city launched Chandrayaan-3?
- The ISRO launched Chandrayaan 3 from Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota.
Which launcher is used for the launch?
- The launcher identified for Chandrayaan-3 is GSLV-Mk3
- It will place the integrated module in an Elliptic Parking Orbit (EPO) of size ~170 x 36500 km.
What was the objective of Chandrayaan-3?
- To show Safe and Soft Landing on the Surface of the Moon
- To showcase roaming lunar rover technology
- To carry out in-situ scientific research.
- Several cutting-edge technologies are required and demostrated accomplish the mission’s goals.
What are the different modules of Chandrayaan-3?
- The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover configuration till 100 km lunar orbit
- The lander and rover combination will be carried by the propulsion module up to a 100 kilometre lunar orbit.
- To examine the spectral and Polarimetric data of Earth from the lunar orbit, the propulsion module is equipped with the Spectro-Polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) payload.
- Lander module capability to soft land and deploy Rover
- The Lander will have the capability to soft land at a specified lunar site.
- To gauge the temperature and thermal conductivity
- Monitoring the seismicity at the landing site using the Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA)
- To determine the plasma density and its changes, use the Langmuir Probe (LP).
- For lunar laser ranging investigations, space agency NASA has provided a passive Laser Retroreflector Array.
- Rover will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface
- Rover which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobility.
- For determining the elemental composition close to the landing site, scientists use the laser-induced breakdown spectroscope (LIBS) and the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS).
The payloads on the lander and rover remain the same as the last mission
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