Millions of Indians watched the spectacular launch of the rocket live on TV and social media platforms. ISRO said the lander and rover were fitted with sensors and other high-tech instruments designed to carry out experiments and collect data on the chemical composition of lunar soil, measure any seismic activity, and measure the thermal properties of the lunar surface near its south pole. "The rover is carrying five instruments which will focus on finding out about the physical characteristics of the surface of the moon, the atmosphere close to the surface and the tectonic activity to study what goes on below the surface," Somanath told an Indian news outlet. India launched its third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, on July 14, 2023, carrying the actual lunar lander, named Vikram, into orbit. Models and images of India's lunar lander are seen on Jin Bengaluru, India. The lander, called Vikram, weighs about 3,300 pounds and carries the rover, named Pragyaan, which weighs less than 60 pounds. ISRO chief Sreedhara Panicker Somanath said the space agency had studied data from the last crash and used it to improve their lander.Ĭhandrayaan-3 weighs about 4.3 tons in total.
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for "moon craft" in Sanskrit, is launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, Jaboard a LVM3-M4 heavyweight rocket.Ĭhandrayaan-3 is the country's third lunar exploration mission and scientists are hoping for a soft landing near the moon's little-explored south pole in the months ahead. It was a "text-book launch" as the rocket successfully delivered Chandrayaan-3 into orbit, scientists from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said. A LVM3-M4 heavy-lift rocket carried the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, with its lunar lander and small rover, away from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, southern India, at 2:35 p.m. New Delhi - Scientists with India's space program erupted with joy on Friday as a massive rocket lifted off with a bang and tore through the clouds, carrying an unmanned spacecraft on a mission to land on the dark side of the moon.
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