New Delhi, 14 July Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs, stated on Friday that India has begun its historic space voyage with the launch of Chandrayaan-3.
Today, India launched its first spacecraft in the country’s long history. Amit Shah tweeted, “My heartfelt congratulations to the @ISRO scientists whose tireless pursuit has today pushed India on the path of scripting a remarkable space odyssey for generations to cherish.”
Chandrayaan-3 was successfully launched earlier today from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, using the GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle.
The spacecraft is scheduled to settle on the moon on August 23 after a trip that is projected to take over a month from Earth. In the 14 Earth days after arrival, it will have completed one lunar day of operation. If you want to know how long a day is on the Moon, divide it by 14.
By landing its spacecraft on the lunar surface, India’s third lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3, will show that it can perform a safe and soft landing on the moon’s surface, joining the United States, China, and Russia as the only other countries to have done so.
After difficulties with the soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the lunar surface in 2019 caused the project to be judged a failure, the ISRO is attempting a third mission, Chandrayaan-3.
After the orbit insertion manoeuvres, Chandrayaan-3 will enter the Lunar Transfer Trajectory. In the following weeks, it will arrive on the Moon after travelling more than 300,000 km. The on-board scientific equipment will expand our understanding of the Moon’s surface.
Lander, rover, and propulsion module together make up Chandrayaan-3. Its approximate mass is 3,900 kilogrammes.
Because of the Moon’s role as a recorder of Earth’s history, India’s successful lunar mission would not only benefit life on Earth but also pave the way for India to explore the rest of the solar system and beyond.
