Chandrayaan-3 moon mission will demonstrate ”soft lunar landing” capability of ISRO. This mission will also demonstrate σεληνιακός roving and conduct in-situ scientific experiments. The mission is a steppingstone towards του ISRO μελλοντικός διαπλανητικός αποστολές.
Της Ινδίας χώρος agency ISRO has successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 from SHAR Centre into χώρος today on 14 July 2023.
After weeks of Earth-bound manoeuvres (EBNs), the lander will be inserted into σεληνιακός τροχιά which will be followed by several rounds of τροχιάς corrections. The lander is expected to soft land on the surface of moon safely on 23 August 2023.
Η Orbiter of the earlier Chandrayaan-2 moon mission is still operational which Chandrayaan-3 mission will use and accomplish the crucial objective of “soft landing” on σεληνιακός surface that Chandrayaan-2 mission had failed to achieve as its lander Vikram had crash landed on σεληνιακός surface due to technical snag.
In addition to demonstrating safe and soft landing on σεληνιακός surface, Chandrayaan-3 moon mission will also demonstrate σεληνιακός roving and conduct in-situ scientific experiments. These capabilities were to be demonstrated by ISRO’s earlier mission hence this mission is mainly “soft landing” technology demonstration exercise.
However, Chandrayaan-3 moon mission is unique for its prime landing site (69.367621 S, 32.348126 E) is situated in the south polar region. Unlike heritage sites which are situated in the σεληνιακός equatorial areas, landing site of this mission is in southern high latitudes of moon.
Safe and soft-landing capability is extremely important technology for exploration and future colonization of outer χώρος towards deep χώρος human habitation. Having mastered this technology several decades ago through Appollo missions, NASA is now set to embark on its ambitious Αποστολή Άρτεμις Φεγγάρι designed not only to create long term human presence on and around the Moon but also to learn lessons in preparation for human missions and habitations on Μάρτιος. Βαθύς χώρος human habitation, enabling humans to become a multi πλανήτης species to thwart the risk of extinction is still a very far dream however beginnings are being made. India’s Moon Mission should be viewed in this context as a steppingstone towards ISRO’s future διαπλανητικός αποστολές.
If the lander of Chandrayaan-3 safely soft lands on σεληνιακός surface next month, India will become fourth country (after USA, Russia as successor of former USSR and China) to have such crucial χώρος τεχνολογία.
Both China and India started their σεληνιακός programmes around the same time in 2007-08. Chinese Σεληνιακός Programme started in 2007 with successful launch of Chang’e 1 while India’s Chandrayaan programme took off in 2008 with successful Chandrayyan-1. China demonstrated soft landing capability through its Chang’e 3 moon mission in 2013 while India’s second σεληνιακός exploration mission Chandrayaan-2 was launched in 2019 after a gap of 11 years after Chandrayaan-1. The third Σεληνιακός mission Chandrayaan-3 aims to achieve lunar soft-landing capability.
Η τελευταία σεληνιακή αποστολή της Κίνας, η αποστολή Chang'e 5 του 2020 έδειξε ικανότητα επιστροφής δειγμάτων. Η Κίνα αυτή τη στιγμή βρίσκεται σε διαδικασία εκτόξευσης αποστολής με πλήρωμα σε φεγγάρι.
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