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Chandrayaan-3
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITESatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Mission
Chandrayaan-3 is India's third mission to the Moon. It repeats most of the failed Chandrayaan-2 mission, with only a lander and rover. After a controlled descent, the lander will perform a soft landing on the lunar surface at a specified site and deploy the rover. The six-wheeled rover weighs around 20 kg and will operate on solar power. It will move around the landing site, performing lunar surface chemical analysis and relaying data back to Earth through the orbiter. The lander will be collecting data on Moon-quakes, thermal properties of the lunar surface, the density and variation of lunar surface plasma. Altogether, the Chandrayaan-3 mission will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.
- Launch vehicle
- Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
- Mission type
- Lunar Exploration
- Destination orbit
- Lunar Orbit
- Launch pad
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
- Provider
- Indian Space Research Organization
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.
- Height
- 43.4 m
- Diameter
- 4 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 9
- First flight
- 2014-12-18
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Launch site & orbit
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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DestinationLunar Orbit
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