The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3 on July 14, 2:35 pm from Sriharikota
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The Vikram rover of Chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the lunar south pole on August 23, 2023
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Here are 5 facts you should know about the Chandrayaan-3 mission
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The spacecraft was launched on a GSLV-Mk3 heavy-lift launch vehicle. The propulsion module carries a lander and a rover
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Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission of the Chandrayaan-2 that failed to land on the moon's surface in September 2019
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If the mission is successful, India will be the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to land successfully on the lunar surface
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The Chandrayaan-3 mission is aimed to conduct a study of the lunar soil, explore the moon's surface with a rover and record moon quakes
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The Vikram lander is named after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, the father of the Indian Space Programme. It is expected to soft-land and deploy the rover to carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface