When Will Chandrayaan-3 Land on Moon|Launch date

Chandrayaan-3 Launch date|chandrayaan 3 launch date time and place|chandrayaan-3 budget:The third edition of India’s moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, is all set to take off on July 14 at 2:35 pm onboard a Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Scientific community and Indians across the globe are waiting with bated breath, hoping for the successful edition of India’s moon mission.

The countdown for the historic mission began on Thursday. In a tweet on Thursday, ISRO wrote, “The countdown leading to the launch tomorrow at 14:35:17 Hrs. IST has commenced.”

Chandrayaan 3 news

Indian spacecraft has reached closer to the Moon and is all set to soft-land on the lunar surface by August 23, Wednesday. The ISRO said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Lander Module (LM) on Sunday. Launched on 14 July, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 successfully separated from the Propulsion Module on Thursday, 35 days after the mission was launched.

The mission objectives of Chandrayaan-3 are to demonstrate a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface, to demonstrate rover roving on the Moon, and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments.

Chandrayaan 3 Live Updates

Chandrayaan 3 Landing LIVE Updates: India is now only few hours away from making history. Its third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, is all set to make a  soft and successful landing on the south polar region of the Moon around 6.04pm today, August 23. In case of ‘unfavourable conditions’ an ISRO scientist said the landing may be postponed to August 27. However, he affirmed that the lander should not face any problems today.

Chandrayaan-3 landing time

Chandrayaan-3’s lander is planned to gently land on the Moon around 6:04 pm on August 23, 2023. People can watch the landing live from 5:20 pm on Wednesday. ISRO believes this achievement will spark interest and curiosity in the youth about space exploration.

Chandrayaan-3 is all set to land on the moon on August 23 at around 18:04 IST. According to ISRO, the soft landing is on schedule and systems are undergoing regular checks. There is a lot of curiosity around this not just in India but around the world, especially after Russia’s Luna-25 mission failed. Ahead of the scheduled launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has also released images of the moon captured by the Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) from an altitude of about 70 km.

Chandrayaan-3’s development phase commenced in January 2020 but the launch got delayed to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The stated objectives of Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission, are safe and soft landing on the lunar surface, rover moving on the moon’s surface, and in-situ scientific experiments. 

when will chandrayaan-3 land on moon

1. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission after the crash-landing of Chandrayaan-2 in September 2019 due to a software glitch. Learning from its past instance, ISRO has implemented several improvements in Chandrayaan-3 in order to ensure success this time. Reportedly, it will land on the Moon on August 23.

2. Chandrayaan-3 consists of an indigenous propulsion module, lander module, and a rover with an objective of developing and demonstrating new technologies required for inter-planetary missions. The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover from injection orbit to till 100 km lunar orbit. It also carries a Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planetary Earth (SHAPE) payload to study the spectral and polarimetric measurements of earth from the lunar orbit.

3. A successful mission would see India enter an elite club of nations achieving such a feat, the others being the United States, China and the former Soviet Union.

4. Ahead of India’s ambitious space programme Chandrayaan-3, former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan on Thursday said its successful landing will make India only the fourth nation to achieve this and it would increase the potential for space science development in the country.

5. Talking to PTI, he said this will also help India boost its share in the global space business. Currently India’s share in the $600 billion industry is an abysmal 2 per cent.

6. ISRO Chairman S Somanath said instead of a success-based design in Chandrayaan-2, the space agency opted for a failure-based design in Chandrayaan-3, focused on what all can fail and how to protect it and ensure a successful landing.

7. While Chandrayaan-2 comprised of Vikram lander, Pragyan rover, and an orbiter, Chandrayaan-3 will launch with just a lander and a rover. Chandrayaan-3 will reportedly use the Orbiter already hovering above the Moon launched with Chandrayaan-2 for its communications and terrain mapping requirements.

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE updates: Mystery of lunar south pole 

At the lunar South Pole, the Sun hovers below or just above the horizon, creating temperatures above 54 degrees Celsius during sunlit periods. Even during these periods of illumination, some craters are home to permanently shadowed regions that haven’t seen sunlight in billions of years and experience temperatures as low as -203 degrees Celsius.

Even using advanced sensors, the combination of terrain and lighting conditions will make it difficult to tell what the ground looks like from a vehicle descending to the lunar South Pole.

The lunar south pole offers extreme and contrasting conditions that pose challenges for humans but it makes them potential repositories of valuable information about the early Solar System.

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE updates: ISRO shares timing of the soft-landing 

Chandrayaan-3 is three days away from completing its onwards journey to the Moon. The spacecraft that carries the hopes of not just Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO), but also of the million Indians is scheduled to land on the Moon on 23 August.

The update comes as Russia’s competitor spacecraft Luna reportedly crashed on the moon on 20 August

Chandrayaan-3: Leaving Earth

Chandrayaan-3 will make five orbit manoeuvres around the Earth, each time increasing the distance it swings away from the Earth. Then, after it completes the fifth manoeuvre, it begins to move towards the moon.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission, orchestrated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is a significant lunar exploration endeavor. It is expected to land on the Moon at 5.47 pm on August 23, 2023. Upon landing, the Chandrayaan-3 mission will operate for one lunar day, equivalent to 14 Earth days.

Chandrayaan-3: Reaching Moon

Similar to the orbit manoeuvres around the Earth, Chandrayaan -3 will orbit the moon four times, each time coming closer.

Eventually, it will reach a circular orbit of 100 km x 100 km. 

AT this point the lander separates from the propulsion module, and alters its orbit so it comes as close as 30 km to the moon. Then, the lander commences soft-landing procedures.

To ensure the module is in the right place at the right place, accurate calculations are made to ensure that the launch timing corresponds to the timing of the moon’s orbit around the Earth.

Chandrayaan -3: Upon landing on Moon

The journey of Chandrayaan -3 from Earth to the moon for the spacecraft is estimated to take about a month and the landing is expected on 23 August. Upon landing, it will operate for one lunar day, which is approximately 14 Earth days. One day on the Moon is equal to 14 days on Earth.

Chandrayaan-3: Objectives

The ISRO’s Chandrayaan -3, the third attempt by India to reach the moon has jet off for the moon with certain objectives. These include-

-To demonstrate Safe and Soft Landing on Lunar Surface

-To demonstrate Rover roving on the moon and

-To conduct in-situ scientific experiments

-Gather data on the polarization of light reflected by Earth

-Measure the density of ions and electrons near the surface of the Moon and its changes over time

-Measure the temperature of the moon’s surface near polar region

-Scan for moonquakes around landing site, delineating the structure of the lunar crust and mantle

-Understand the dynamics of the Moon system

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Chandrayaan-3 Launch date

As the final countdown for the Chandrayaan-3 starts today, all eyes are set on scientists looking after the launch of Chandrayaan-3. India’s latest Moon mission will put the country in an elite club of nations that successfully accomplished soft landing on the lunar surface and explored it with a rover.

The upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to take off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 2.35 PM IST on Friday, July 14.

The mission follows Chandrayaan-2 where scientists aim to demonstrate various capabilities including reaching the orbit of the moon, making a soft-landing on the lunar surface using a lander, and a rover coming out of the lander to study the surface of the moon.

According to scientists, after the lift-off at 2.35 pm on Friday, around 16 minutes after lift-off, propulsion module is expected to get separated from the rocket and would orbit the earth for about 5-6 times in an elliptical cycle with 170 km closest and 36,500 km farthest from earth moving towards the lunar orbit.

To witness the event live, you can watch the streaming of the launch on ISRO’s official website and YouTube channel.  Check all the latest updates here.