What is a purpose of chandrayaan 3 on Moon , and what is their feature
Chandrayaan-3 is the third Indian lunar exploration mission under the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan programme. It consists of a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan, similar to those of the Chandrayaan-2 mission 1 . Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh state 1 . It reached the moon’s orbit on August 5, 2023 and began its final descent to the moon’s surface on August 23, 2023 at 5:45 p.m. IST (8:15 a.m. ET) 2 . Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon’s south pole on August 23, 2023 at 6:02 p.m. IST (8:32 a.m. ET), making India the fourth country ever to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface, after the United States, China and the former Soviet Union 3 . The landing was hailed as a marvellous achievement and a massive moment for India’s space exploration that has raised its profile as a spacefaring nation 3 . The lander Vikram and the rover Pragyan are designed ...