New Delhi. India’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 was launched today. It was released from Satish Dhawan Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 2.35 pm. Chandrayaan-3 will take more than a month and a half to reach the moon. The objective of Chandrayaan-3 is to make a soft landing on the south pole of the moon.
What is the purpose of Chandrayaan-3?
Chandrayaan-3 also has the same objective as Chandrayaan-2. That is, soft landing on the south pole of the moon. The cost of ISRO’s third moon mission is said to be around Rs 615 crore. According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3 has three objectives. First- Safe and soft landing of Vikram Lander on the lunar surface. Second- To show Pragyan Rover running on the surface of the moon. And third – to conduct scientific tests.
There will be three payloads with Vikram Lander and two with Pragyan Rover. We can also call payload as machine in easy language. Even though the rover will come out of the lander, the two will be connected. Whatever information the rover will get, it will send it to the lander and that to ISRO. The payloads of the lander and rover will study the lunar surface. They will detect water and minerals present on the surface of the moon. Not only this, their job is also to find out whether earthquakes occur on the moon or not.
