Chandrayaan-3 (CHUN-drə-YAHN ) is the third mission in the Chandrayaan programme, a series of lunar-exploration missions developed by ISRO. The mission consists of Vikram, a lunar lander, and Pragyan, a lunar rover, as replacements for the equivalents on Chandrayaan-2, which had crashed on landing in 2019. Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023, at 14:35 IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, India. It entered lunar orbit on 5 August, and touched down near the lunar south pole, at 69°S, on 23 August 2023 at 18:04 IST (12:33 UTC).
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1. Orbit Codex: Space Probes
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featuring the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover to demonstrate soft landing and surface operations near the lunar south polar region. Launch 2023-07-14 Status Mission Complete (2023)
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Chandrayaan-2 (; from Sanskrit: Chandra, "Moon" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is the second lunar exploration mission developed by ISRO after Chandrayaan-1.
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Chandrayaan-3 comprises three main components: a propulsion module, lander module, and rover.
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The Vikram lander was responsible for the soft landing on the Moon. It is also box-shaped, with four landing legs and four landing thrusters.
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Chandrayaan-3 launched on 14 July 2023, carrying new versions of Vikram and Pragyan, which successfully landed near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023.
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Chandrayaan-2 (; from Sanskrit: Chandra, "Moon" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is the second lunar exploration mission developed by ISRO after Chandrayaan-1.
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