Chandrayaan-3 is the third mission in the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan programme, consisting of the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover as replacements for the Chandrayaan-2 equivalents that crashed in 2019. Launched July 14, 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, it entered lunar orbit on August 5 and touched down near the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023, making India the fourth national space agency to land on the Moon and the first in history to achieve a soft landing near the lunar south pole.
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Mission Type OutcomeSuccessful soft landing near the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023, the first spacecraft in history to do so; made ISRO the fourth national space agency to land on the Moon. 1 Mission Type
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ISRO [the] fourth national space agency to successfully land on the Moon
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Lander, Rover
Includes: Vikram, Chandrayaan-3 article, lead section (Vikram component)
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-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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is an ongoing series of outer space missions by ISRO for the exploration of the Moon.
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Part Of: Chandrayaan Programme, Lead sectionQuote, Part Of: Chandrayaan Programme, Lead section
A follow-up landing mission, Chandrayaan-3, was launched in 2023 and successfully performed a lunar landing.
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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.
Spacecraft Of: Vikram, Article text
Chandrayaan-3 comprises three main components: a propulsion module, lander module, and rover.
Spacecraft Of: Pragyan, Article text
Chandrayaan-3 comprises three main components: a propulsion module, lander module, and rover.
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