ISRO to get ready for Chandrayaan-3 mission from July

If things go as planned the Indian Space Research Organisation would launch its ambitious Chandrayaan3 mission aimed at demonstrating critical technologies to land the spacecraft on the south pole of the moon in less than two monthsChandrayaan3 mission carries scientific instruments to study the thermophysical properties of the lunar regolith lunar seismicity lunar surface plasma environment and elemental composition in the vicinity of the landing site Chandrayaan3 mission is scheduled in July second week a senior official of the Bengaluruheadquartered national space agency under the Department of Space told PTI on ThursdayWhile the scope of these scientific instruments on the lander and the rover would fit in the theme of Science of the Moon another experimental instrument would study the spectropolarimetric signatures of the Earth from the lunar orbit which would fit in the theme of Science from the Moon according to ISRO officialsIn March this year Chandrayaan3 spacecraft successfully completed the essential tests that validated its capability to withstand the harsh vibration and acoustic environment that the spacecraft would face during its launch These tests were particularly challenging considering the fact that the Chandrayaan3 spacecraft which would be launched by LVM3 Launch Vehicle MarkIII earlier referred as GSLV Mk III from SDSC SHAR Sriharikota is a composite of three modules propulsion lander and roverAlso readISRO successfully conducts autonomous test landing of Reusable Launch VehicleChandrayaan3 is a followon mission to Chandrayaan2 to demonstrate endtoend capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface It consists of Lander and Rover configuration an ISRO official said The propulsion module which has Spectropolarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth SHAPE payload to study the spectral and Polari metric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit would carry the lander and rover configuration till 100 km lunar orbitLander payloads are Chandras Surface Thermophysical Experiment to measure the thermal conductivity and temperature Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity for measuring the seismicity around the landing site and Langmuir Probe to estimate the plasma density and its variationsA passive Laser Retroreflector Array from the US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is also accommodated for lunar laser ranging studies Rover payloads are Alpha Particle Xray Spectrometer and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for deriving the elemental composition in the vicinity of the landing siteThe Lander would have the capability to soft land at a specified lunar site and deploy the Rover which would carry out insitu chemical analysis of the lunar surface during the course of its mobilityThe main function of the propulsion module is to carry the lander module from launch vehicle injection till final lunar 100 km circular polar orbit and separate it Apart from this the propulsion module also has one scientific payload as a value addition which would be operated post separation of the lander module it was notedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever