India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, a crucial undertaking in its lunar exploration path, achieved a key milestone, with the successful separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module that drove it through space. This historic occasion was noted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as a significant advancement in the country’s moon quest.
The Vikram lander and Pragyan rover are housed in the Lander Module, which is about to descend into an orbit that will bring it closer to the Moon’s surface. According to PTI, a soft landing is planned on August 23 on the lunar south pole.
Thanks for the journey, mate! ISRO said in a message on X (previously Twitter). the Lander Module (LM) declared. LM and PM are successfully segregated from one another. LM is scheduled to deboost tomorrow at 1600 IST, after which it will go to a slightly lower orbit.
India’s historic lunar mission’s monetary cost has been made public. The approximate cost of making Chandrayaan-3 was Rs. 615 crore, or $75 million. According to ISRO Chairman K Sivan, the launch service was budgeted at roughly Rs 365 crore, while the lander, rover, and propulsion module for the moon mission cost about Rs 250 crore.
For comparison, Chandrayaan-1 cost Rs 386 crore ($48 million) when it was launched in October 2008. The Chandrayaan-2 mission had a budget of Rs 978 crore, of which Rs 603 crore went towards the orbiter, lander, rover, navigation, and ground support network, and Rs 375 crore went towards the geostationary satellite launch vehicle, a heavy rocket that carried the spacecraft into orbit using an indigenous engine.
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Current Chandrayaan-3 Mission Developments
The lander is expected to perform a “deboost” maneuver to set itself in an orbit with the closest point to the Moon of 30 kilometers and a furthest point of 100 kilometers after the successful separation on Thursday. According to information shared by ISRO officials via PTI, the soft landing on the south pole of the Moon would be attempted from this orbit.
