Chandrayaan-3 to Launch Today: 10 Interesting Facts About Isro’s Third Moon Mission

Chandrayaan- 3 Launches moment 10 intriguing Data About ISRO’s Third Moon Mission   Chandrayaan- 3 will begin its passage towards the Moon from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, carried by ISRO’s largest and most important rocket, the Launch Vehicle Mark III.

Chandrayaan- 3, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s( ISRO’s) third lunar disquisition charge, is listed for launch on Friday, July 14, 2023, at 235 pm IST. Chandrayaan- 3 will begin its passage towards the Moon from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. ISRO’s largest and most important rocket, the Launch Vehicle Mark III( LVM3), also called the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III( GSLV Mk III), will carry Chandrayaan- 3 to space.

India aims to vocally land Chandrayaan- 3’s lander on the Moon’s south pole. However, India will come the fourth nation to successfully complete the soft wharf of a spacecraft on Earth’s natural satellite, If this charge is fulfilled. Also, India will come the first country in the world to land a spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole.  Then are 10  intriguing data about Chandrayaan- 3.

1. Chandrayaan- 3 is also known as the LVM3- M4 charge because it’s the fourth functional charge of LVM3.
2. Chandrayaan- 3 consists of a lander, a rover, and a propulsion module. The objects of the charge are to demonstrate a soft wharf on the lunar face, and mooching on the lunar terrain, conduct in-situ scientific trials, and develop and demonstrate new technologies needed for interplanetary operations.
3. The rover is fitted inside the lander, and together, they’re called the lander module. The propulsion module will carry the lander module to a 100-kilometer indirect lunar route. After this, the propulsion module and the lander module will separate.
4. Chandrayaan- 3 has three phases the Earth-centric phase, the lunar transfer phase, and the Moon-centric phase. The Earth-centric phase, or Phase- 1, involves the pre-launch phase; the launch and ascent phase; and the Earth-bound maneuver phase, which will help the Chandrayaan- 3 spacecraft change its directions.  The lunar transfer phase includes the transfer line phase, as part of which Chandrayaan- 3 will choose the path that will lead it toward the lunar route.  The Moon-centric phase involves all the way from lunar route insertion to the wharf.
5. The propulsion module is equipped with a cargo called Spectro- polarimetry of HAbitable Planet Earth( SHAPE). The function of SHAPE is to study the spectral and polarimetric measures of Earth from the lunar route. This means that SHAPE will assay the spectro- polarimetric autographs of Earth.  According to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County( UMBC) Observatory, spectro- polarimetry is a  fashion that involves the polarisation of light by unyoking the incoming light into its constituent colors, and also analyzing the polarization of each color collectively.  Understanding the spectro- polarimetric autographs of Earth can help scientists assay the reflected light from exoplanets and determine whether they would qualify for habitability.
6. The lunar route insertion will do in an elliptical route whose size is 170 × 36,500 square kilometers. After this, Chandrayaan- 3 will be separated from the launch vehicle. The propulsion module will carry the lander module to a lunar indirect route whose size is 100 × 100 square kilometers.  The charge life of the propulsion module is three to six months. It weighs 2,148 kilograms and has a power generation capacity of 758 Watts.
7. The lander’s loads are Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical trial( ChaSTE), Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity( ILSA), Ray Retroreflector Array( LRA) Rover, and Radio deconstruction of Moon Bound Hypersensitive ionosphere and Atmosphere( RAMBHA). ChasTE will carry out measures of thermal parcels similar to thermal conductivity and temperature of rudiments on the lunar face near the south pole; ILSA will measure the seismicity around the wharf point and describe the structure of the lunar crust and mantle; and RAMBHA will study the gas and tube terrain.  The lander module has a mass of 1,752 kilograms, and a  charge life of one lunar day, which is original to 14 Earth days. It has a power generation capacity of 738 Watts.
8. The rover is equipped with two loads, which are the nascence flyspeck X-ray Spectrometer( APXS), and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope( LIBS). APXS will help determine the essential composition of the lunar soil and jewels around the wharf point. The rudiments to be studied include magnesium, aluminum, silicon, potassium, calcium, titanium, and iron.  LIBS will conduct qualitative and quantitative essential analysis in order to infer the chemical and mineralogical composition of the lunar face.  The rover has a mass of 26 kilograms, a  charge life of one lunar day, and a power generation capacity of 50 Watts.
9. LVM3- M4 has a height of 43.5 meters, a lift-off mass of 642 tonnes, two swatch-on motors, a cargo donation, and two stages. The two stages are L110 and C25. The L110 stage will carry liquid energy, and the C25 stage will carry cryogenic energy. The swatch-on motors carry solid energy and are solid rocket boosters.
10. The lander will touch down on the lunar face with a vertical haste of lower than 0.5 meters per second, a  perpendicular haste of lower than two meters per second, and a  pitch lower than 120 degrees.