Chandrayaan-3, the third edition of India’s lunar mission, will be launched on July 14 at 2:35 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The third edition of the lunar mission comes around four years after the partial failure of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, which crash-landed on the surface of the Moon in 2019.
While the mission architecture remains the same, there are some differences between the two missions.
The starkest difference between the two missions is in what's being taken onboard the GSLV-MkIII rocket.
While Chandrayaan-2 comprised of Vikram lander, Pragyan rover, and an orbiter…Chandrayaan-3 will launch with just a lander and a rover.
It will use the Orbiter already hovering above the Moon launched with Chandrayaan-2 for its communications and terrain mapping requirements.
The new mission is being launched with Lander Hazard Detection & Avoidance Cameras that will be used to coordinate with the Orbiter and the mission control as the lander makes its descent approach to the surface of the Moon.
While Chandryaan-2 had just one such camera, Chandrayaan-3 will be fitted with two such cameras.
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