Chandrayaan-3: Ch2 orbiter captures Vikram on lunar surface

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on September 9, 2023
Isro Saturday released images of Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram taken on September 6 by the dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar (DFSAR) instrument onboard the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. “A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument transmits microwaves in a given frequency band and receives the same, scattered from the surface....

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Published on September 10, 2023 -  04:33
Watch! ISRO launches third moon mission 'Chandrayaan-3' from Sriharikota
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) LAUNCHED INDIA'S THIRD LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSION, CHANDRAYAAN-3 FROM SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE IN ANDHRA PRADESH'S SRIHARIKOTA AT 2.35 PM. CHANDRAYAAN-3 IS ISRO'S FOLLOW-UP ATTEMPT AFTER THE IN 2019 AND WAS EVENTUALLY DEEMED TO HAVE FAILED ITS MISSION OBJECTIVES. CHANDRAYAAN-3 IS EQUIPPED WITH A LANDER, A ROVER AND A PROPULSION MODULE. IT WEIGHS AROUND 3,900 KILOGRAMS. THE ISRO'S THIRD LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSION IS EQUIPPED WITH EIGHT PAYLOADS. THE EXPERIMENTS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY CHANDRAYAN 3 INCLUDE THE VIKRAM LANDER (NAMED AFTER SPACE SCIENTIST VIKRAM SARABHAI) WHICH WILL CARRY 4 INSTRUMENTS, PRAGYAN (SAANSKRIT FOR WISDOM) ROVER WILL CADDY TWO INSTRUMENTO AND DROPIII CION

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