The Chandrayaan-3 mission,India's third lunar mission, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on 14 July 2023.

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The Chandrayaan-3 mission,India's third lunar mission, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on 14 July 2023. The mission follows Chandrayaan-2 where scientists aim to demonstrate various capabilities including reaching the orbit of the moon, making a soft-landing on the lunar surface using a lander, and a rover coming out of the lander to study the surface of the moon. The second orbit-raising maneuver (Earth-bound apogee firing) was performed successfully by ISRO. The current orbit of the spacecraft is in 41603 km x 226 km orbit. Chandrayaan-3 has three phases: the Earth-centric phase, the lunar transfer phase, and the Moon-centric phase. The Chandrayaan-3 project cost around Rs600 crore.


     

     

     

 

     


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