ALL ABOUT CHANDRAYAAN

 

ALL ABOUT CHANDRAYAAN

Lunched Date :- Chandrayaan 1 – 22 October 2008,

        Chandryaan 2 –  22 July, 2019

        Chandrayaan 3 - 14 July 2023

- India become fourth country to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon and enter an elite club of nations achieving such a feat these are China, USA and Soviet Union.

Launch - Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharkota, AndhraPradesh.

                          To At the South pole of the moon

 

Cost – 615cr

 

Director - After Tamil Nadu born Malyilsamy Annudurai (moon man of India) and M Vanitha (the first women project director in Isro’s History) helmed Chandryaan 1 and Chandryaan 2 , Villupuram Native P Veeramuthuvel will be Project director of Chandryaan 3 mission.

    First Moon Mission or Chandrayaan -1 :- 22 October 2008(That time Chairman – G.Madhavan)

     Second Moon Mission or Chandryaan 2- 22 July ,2019(Chairman-K Sivan)

   Third Moon Mission or Chandryaan-3 – 14 July ,2023(Chairman S Somanathn).

 

Rocket - LVM3- Earlier known as GSLV MK3(Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark 3) as well as Chandryaan 1 was launched with PSLV C11, Chandryaan 2 was launched with GSLV MK3 M1

 

Engine - CE-20 Cryogenic Engine

 

Modules - The Chandrayaan -3 spacecraft will have three Modules Propulsion, Lander and Rover.Propulsion Module :- The first part of the module going on a space mission is called the propulsion module. It gives the power to fly any space ship Lander Module:- This is the second and an important part of the mission, it will be landed on the moon, it is responsible for getting the rover to the surface of the moon properly. Rover Module:- This is the third part of the Chandryaan 3, the rover which will land on the surface of the moon through the lander and then collect information and send it to the earth after movement.

 

Lander - The name of the Chandryaan -3 mission lander is (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyan) carries the same name as Chandryaan-2. In this mission the Lander(Vikram) is planned to soft land on the surface of South pole region of the moon on 23 August also the rover which will roam on the lunar surface and do some experiments there.

 

Some Imp Point

Chandrayaan-3  cover 3.84 lakh km distance and it will reach to the moon after travelling 42 days.

The rocket will eject of Chandrayaan -3 Spacecraft at an altitude of about 179 km.

landing site of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft - 69.36 degree South, 32.34 degree East