10 Things You Need To Know About Chandrayaan-3

The Chandrayaan-3, India's planned third lunar exploration mission, will be launched on July 14 from Sriharikota 

Chandrayaan-3 will lift off on July 14 at 2.35 pm and if everything goes well, it will land (on the moon) on August 23 

The LVM3 rocket’s fourth mission is Chandrayaan-3. The rockets will carry the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft weighing 3,900 kg or 3.9 ton 

The Chandrayaan-3 comprises an orbiter or the propulsion module, a lander called Vikram, and a rover called Pragyan 

The orbiter, or the propulsion module as the ISRO named it weighs 2,148 kg, and the lander, including the rover, 1,752 kg 

The main purpose of Chandrayaan-3 is to safely land the lander on the moon's soil. Following that, the rover will roll out to do the experiments. 

Rover will come out after landing, rover has 6 wheels. It will work for 14 days on the moon. It will capture images there 

The main function of the propulsion module is to carry the lander module from launch vehicle injection to final lunar 100 km circular polar orbit 

Earlier, the spacecraft successfully completed the essential tests that validated its capability to withstand the harsh vibration and accoustic environment 

In homage to the celebrated Indian scientist Vikram Sarabhai, the lander for the Chandrayaan-3 mission is named “Vikram.” 

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