After Chandrayaan-2, India is going to launch its next mission Chandrayaan-3 under Chandrayaan programme-India's Lunar Exploration Programme, conducted by Indian Space Research Organization. The mission as of now is planned for launch on July, 2023 and aims to achieve a smooth and successful landing on Moon and assign of a rover to explore the moon's surface and conduct scientific operations there.
The goal was a part of previous mission Chandrayaan-2 by ISRO, which couldn't succeed to make a soft landing because of some lapse in the guidance system software in the end moments during landing.
Let us understand the mission better and the different aspects of the mooncraft which shall take off on the launch of mission.
1. The satellite vehicle LVM 3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3) will be used to launch the mooncraft from Satish Dhawan Space Center spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
2. The mission Chandrayaan-3 satellite will carry two major modules: Propulsion module & Lander.
3. The Propulsion module in the configuration is responsible for flying the mooncraft from launch to the final orbit of moon and then parting Lander from the integrated module. It will work as a communication relay satellite to share and receive the information to ground.
A propulsion system is basically used in aircrafts and spacecrafts for constantly producing thrust by acceleration which is essential to keep the spacecraft moving forward.
4. The lander shall get separated from the propulsion part once the mooncraft reaches 100 kilometers into final circular orbit of moon. The Lander from there shall continue it's journey to the moon alone.
5. The Lander will land on the moon surface and carry a rover inside it which is planned to be appointed on the moon's surface after the first prime mission is achieved-Successful and soft landing.
6. The rover which is a 6 wheeler machine will first ramp from Lander and then start moving on the lunar surface. It is going to analyse and scan the surface and the elements present there and do planned experiments on the site as a second major part of mission for the next fourteen earth days (equals to one day on the moon).
The data from these operations will let India explore more about the surface of Moon and discover possibilities there.
