Chandrayaan 3 is geared up to be launched from Sriharikota this week itself which will make “India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the surface of the Moon”, said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent US visit was marked by several space related agreements pointing out that the countries which had started their space journey a decade before India are now looking up to the country as an equal collaborator. After such a quantum rise in our space expertise under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, “India can no longer wait to be left behind in its march to the Moon,” the minister said. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission of Chandrayaan-2 and is aimed at demonstrating India’s capability in soft landing and roving on the surface of the Moon or the lunar surface. The complex mission profile, he said, required for the spacecraft to enter the Moon’s orbit has been executed very precisely.Singh said, “The primary objectives of Chandrayaan-3 mission are threefold, to demonstrate safe and soft landing on lunar surface, to demonstrate rover roving on the moon and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments.A successor to Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3 has undergone a few changes to increase the robustness of the lander. He said, all these modifications have been subject to exhaustive ground tests and simulations through test beds.”
Chandrayyan-3, will be operating at the next level. The spacecraft will use Launch Vehicle Mark-3 developed by ISRO for its launch, he added.
