Chandrayaan-3 set for launch in August 2023: ISRO chairman

Chandrayaan-3 set for launch in August 2023: ISRO chairman

• The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch its third lunar mission in the month of June 2023. The more capable lunar rover that will be carried by Chandrayaan-3, which is essential for future interplanetary explorations, according to S. Somnath, Chairman of the Indian Space Agency, ISRO.

• According to S Somnath, the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle Mark-III (GSLV Mk-III) will launch Chandrayaan-3 (C-3) in June of next year.
• ISRO is also working on the Gaganyaan mission, and the first abort test is scheduled for the new year.
• The mission will rely on the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which is already circling the Moon; the Chandrayaan-3 rover is not a clone of its predecessor, according to the head of ISRO. “C-3 is now prepared.
• It’s not an exact copy of the C-2. There is the rover. Engineering has undergone a huge change. We have strengthened it so that it won’t experience issues like it did previously as per Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman.

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Published date : 25 Oct 2022 05:12PM