![]() Incidentally, the Chandrayaan-2 payload also weighed about 3.8 ton with the orbiter weighing 2,379 kg, the Vikram lander 1,444 kg, including the Pragyan rover 27 kg.ĭuring the Chandrayaan-2 mission ISRO had named the lander as Vikram in memory of country's space pioneer Vikram Sarabhai and rover Pragyan means wisdom in Sanskrit. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft comprises a propulsion module (weighing 2,148 kg), a lander (1,723.89 kg) and a rover (26 kg), the ISRO said. A couple of days after the spacecraft enters lunar orbit, the lander will make a soft landing on the moon near its South Pole. The Indian space agency will raise the spacecraft’s orbit by a series of manoeuvres to put it on Lunar Transfer Trajectory from August 1 onwards, Somanath told media later. The 43.5 metre tall rocket, weighing about 642 ton, furiously rushed upwards and 16-minutes into its flight, the rocket put Chandrayaan-3 into orbit. the LVM3 rocket rose into the sky from the second launch pad here at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”Īt 2.35 p.m. Thank you Team ISRO for making India proud. Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said: “It is indeed a moment of glory to India. The LVM3 rocket orbited the spacecraft precisely at the intended orbit.” Somanath said: “Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has started its journey towards the moon. In his remarks after the launch, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. The LVM-3, the country’s heavy rocket, nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ as it carried the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft like the hero in of the film of the same name lifts a heavy lingam, slung the moon-bound craft in its intended earth orbit.įrom there it will be a long journey for Chandrayaan-3 as the distance between the earth and the moon is about 3.844 lakh km.
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