Chandrayaan is one of the ambitious missions of the ISRO declared a few decades back to make India a leading player in space exploration.
The previous mission of the Chandrayaan 2 has made history and helped India to portray its indigenous power in the space and manufacturing industry.
Indian moon mission is one of India’s most heavily funded missions in space exploration. India has already successfully placed the satellite in Mars orbit.
Moon’s mission will provide astounding growth because world media is eyeing the success of the ISRO. It will open a new frontier for the Indian space industry if it can softly land the rover on the moon’s surface.
The payload launch in orbit consists of the primary equipment named RAMBHA, ILSA. They are designed to understand the moon’s atmosphere, surface, soil testing equipment, etc.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted appreciating the efforts of the scientist of ISRO, Quoted, “Chandrayaan-3 scripts a new chapter in India’s space odyssey. It soars high, elevating the dreams and ambitions of every Indian… This momentous achievement is a testament to our scientists’ relentless dedication. I salute their spirit and ingenuity!”
The launch of the Chandrayaan 3 has been gone as per the plan. After 16 minutes of the third, the LVM-3 separated from the rocket moving to the subsequent trajectory.
Rockets have separate modules comprised of the lander module covered in the shed layer, the propulsion module, and the rover. After the launch, the spacecraft is placed in the elliptic parking orbit (EPO). It will circle the Earth before increasing its velocity and distance from the Earth to gain the necessary momentum. During this period, the closest approach to the Earth would be around 170 km, and the spacecraft’s farthest approach will be 36.500 km.
The entire Chandrayaan 3 mission is focused on indigenously building space equipment and vehicles. The propulsion module, lander, and other core components have been made indigenously. New technology has been developing to sustain the harsh condition of space and conduct future interplanetary missions.
Once the Chandrayaan 3 is in the moon’s orbit, the slow descending will be initiated to have a close approach to the land. The space consisting of the rover will be deployed as soon as the lander touches the ground.
The module carries other essential instruments such as “Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planetary Earth’ (SHAPE).”
The main objective of the instrument is to study spectral emission coming from the Earth. Once the spacecraft reaches 100 km from the moon’s surface, the propulsion module will be deployed, which will complete the final distance from the moon. Lander will be placed softly on the set lunar site, and the rover will be deployed to conduct further research.
Lander also has special scientific instruments for sampling and inspecting the moon’s soil.
The final few minutes during the descending maneuver will be critical for the landing. In the previous mission of Chandryaan, the module lost the connection during the landing causing it to crash land on the moon’s surface.
The team learned from their mistakes and ensured the landing went as planned this time. The propulsion module will perform a series of maneuvers till the lander reaches the moon. Once the moon’s gravity catches the lander, the landing will take assistance from the moon’s gravity and set in the moon’s orbit before moving to the next step of the landing.
The lander will detach from the module on the set date and slowly descend to the moon to attempt a soft landing. Those few minutes will elevate the heartbeat of the ISRO scientist because it is part of the mission where the possibility of failure is higher.
With limited assets and skills, it can be challenging to land on an unknown object in space. Still, the ISRO scientists are confident about the mission’s success, and it may set a new record in the space exploration industry.
ISRO has already proven that it will compete fiercely with space satellite launch industries. ISRO has had several successful rocket launches in recent years, making it one of the leading players in the space launch industry.
Now the orbital mission will help the ISRO to achieve new heights. As the ISRO sets its feet on the moon, the next goal is to send the rover to Mars’s surface.
Nasa has already deployed its multiple rovers on Mars. Still, India also wants to achieve the milestone early to become the second country to land the rover over Mars’s surface.
Several countries have criticized the Indian approach to space exploration. But as the ISRO is taking a step further and achieving new milestones every year, the countries are now understood the ambitious journey of the ISRO.
The world is still on the date when the Chandrayaan 3 will land on the moon and open a new door for the space exploration community.
