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Pragyan

Lunar Rover

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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Launch Date
2023-07-14 1
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Mission Of

Chandrayaan-3, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia: Chandrayaan-3

Operated By

ISRO, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Chandrayaan-3Lead section
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Manufactured By

Indian Space Research Organisation

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1. Wikipedia: Chandrayaan-3
  • Chandrayaan-3 article, infobox
  • Operated By: ISRO, Lead section
    Chandrayaan-2 (; from Sanskrit: Chandra, "Moon" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is the second lunar exploration mission developed by ISRO after Chandrayaan-1.
  • Mission Of: Chandrayaan-3, Article text
    Chandrayaan-3 comprises three main components: a propulsion module, lander module, and rover.
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Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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  • Pragyan (rover) article, lead section
    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.
  • Part Of: Chandrayaan-3, Chandrayaan-3 article, lead section (Pragyan 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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Pragyan (Chandrayaan-3) (Wikipedia)
In Group: National Space Agency Lunar Rovers, lead sentence: lunar rover that forms part of Chandrayaan-3, a lunar mission developed by ISROView the Source
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