Chandrayaan-3: What You Should Know about India's Moon Mission

The primary aim of this mission is to achieve a successful landing of the lander on the moon's surface, followed by the deployment of a rover to carry out a range of experiments.

Aim of Chandrayaan-3

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch Chandrayaan-3 on either July 12 or July 14 at 2:30 pm local time.

Chandrayaan-3 launch date

The rocket assembly for Chandrayaan-3 has been completed with only the final rounds of tests left for ISRO to pace through, officials said on Sunday.

The final leg of tests begin

The third lunar mission of India has been allocated a budget of Rs 615 crore ($82 million)

Chandrayaan-3 budget allocation

The lunar spacecraft will be onboard the Lauch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-III) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Chandrayaan-3 launch vehicle

It consists of an indigenous lander module, a propulsion module and a rover, which is aimed at demonstrating new technologies for interplanetary missions.

What does Chandrayaan-3 consist of?

The current lander will have the capability to soft land at a specified lunar site and deploy the rover, which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface.

How Chandrayaan-3 will be different this time