Chandrayaan 3 Live Updates: Moon landing of Chandrayaan-3 will start around 5:47 pm and continue till 6:04 pm

Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing live updates: After a 40-day journey starting from the Sathish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission has landed successfully. The Vikram lander should made a soft lunar landing at 6.04 PM IST on August 23.

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.

Congratulations, India🇮🇳!#Chandrayaan_3 #Ch3
— ISRO (@isro) August 23, 2023

ISRO started the automatic landing sequence at 5.44 PM IST. The Vikram lander is now using its onboard computers and logic to try to make a soft landing on the Moon. While mission controllers at ISTRAC will monitor it closely, the onboard systems of the lander will be doing all the heavy lifting.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission is the follow-up to the Chandrayaan-2 mission of 2019, when the Vikram lander crashed into the lunar surface. The primary objective of the mission is simple—showcase the space agency’s capability to complete a soft-landing on the Moon. With the mission, India has joined a small and exclusive club of countries that have managed to soft land on the Moon. So far, the club has three members—the United States, the Soviet Union and China.

Historic day for India's space sector. Congratulations to @isro for the remarkable success of Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission. https://t.co/F1UrgJklfp
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 23, 2023

My remarks at Plenary Session I of BRICS Summit in Johannesburg. https://t.co/JqJPCv045R
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 23, 2023

Here are the LIVE Updates on the Chandrayaan-3 landing:

Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: ISRO Mission Control Centre in Bengaluru was filled with chants of ‘Vande Mataram’ and celebrations took place as Chandrayaan-3 lander lands on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath says, “Successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a powerful display of capabilities and power of new India. Under the Prime Minister’s visionary leadership and guidance, ISRO scientists did what no one could do. Moon’s south pole was impossible for the world until now, but our visionary scientists have made it possible. With the pure emotion of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, I congratulate all the scientists of ISRO and greetings to the nation for this success.”
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “Arey Waah, Maza aa gya! Look, the Moon has came more closer to us. It’s a moment of joy as Tiranga gets hoisted on Moon. After landing on the Moon succcessfully Chandrayaan-3 is reflecting India’s presence on the Lunar surface. On this great occasion, I express gratitude towards ISRO and its scientists as we have got this achievement owing to their skills, courage and brilliance…,” says Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar.
Chandrayaan-3 Top Updates: “We are really excited…We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I am very happy,” Former ISRO chief, K Sivan said as Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Top Updates: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said, “And we did it for less than half the budget of the Hollywood space movie ‘Interstellar’! ISRO has made space accessible to the Global South. And PM Modi is right to say India’s achievement is for all of humanity. That’s the right spirit and the right message to convey: not Indian triumphalism but India’s all-inclusive vision for the world.”
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: Success of Chandrayaan-3 is collective success of every Indian, says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: ISRO’s achievement reflects saga of continuity, is truly fantastic, matter of pride that entire world looking up to ISRO, says Congress party as Chandrayaan-3 lands on the moon.
Here are the LIVE Updates on the Chandrayaan-3 landing:
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: ISRO Mission Control Centre in Bengaluru was filled with chants of ‘Vande Mataram’ and celebrations took place as Chandrayaan-3 lander lands on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath says, “Successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a powerful display of capabilities and power of new India. Under the Prime Minister’s visionary leadership and guidance, ISRO scientists did what no one could do. Moon’s south pole was impossible for the world until now, but our visionary scientists have made it possible. With the pure emotion of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, I congratulate all the scientists of ISRO and greetings to the nation for this success.”
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “Arey Waah, Maza aa gya! Look, the Moon has came more closer to us. It’s a moment of joy as Tiranga gets hoisted on Moon. After landing on the Moon succcessfully Chandrayaan-3 is reflecting India’s presence on the Lunar surface. On this great occasion, I express gratitude towards ISRO and its scientists as we have got this achievement owing to their skills, courage and brilliance…,” says Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar.
Chandrayaan-3 Top Updates: “We are really excited…We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I am very happy,” Former ISRO chief, K Sivan said as Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Top Updates: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said, “And we did it for less than half the budget of the Hollywood space movie ‘Interstellar’! ISRO has made space accessible to the Global South. And PM Modi is right to say India’s achievement is for all of humanity. That’s the right spirit and the right message to convey: not Indian triumphalism but India’s all-inclusive vision for the world.”
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: Success of Chandrayaan-3 is collective success of every Indian, says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: ISRO’s achievement reflects saga of continuity, is truly fantastic, matter of pride that entire world looking up to ISRO, says Congress party as Chandrayaan-3 lands on the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “While the world fantasises about the moon, we have actually felt the moon…the world dreams of the moon, and we have seen the dream getting converted into reality…sky is not the limit”, says Union Minister Jitendra Singh as Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: ‘India, I reached my destination and you too!’, says Chandrayaan-3 upon landing safely on Moon’s south pole.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda clap as Chandrayaan-3 successfully makes soft landing on Lunar South Pole.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “India’s successful Moon mission is not just India’s alone…This success belongs to all of humanity,” says PM Modi on Chandrayaan-3 mission success.
Chandrayaan-3 landing Latest Updates: “No country has reached there (the South Pole of the moon) before. With the hard work of our scientists we have reached there,” says PM Modi on the soft landing of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 on the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 landing Latest Updates: “Congratulations to the 140 crore Indians,” posts UP CM Yogi Adityanath as Chandrayaan-3 lander module makes soft landing on the Moon surface.
Chandrayaan-3 landing Latest Updates: Sweets distributed at the Embassy of India in United States as Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “When we see such historic moments it makes us very proud. This is the dawn of new India,” says PM Narendra Modi on the soft landing of ISRO’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 on the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “Humne dharti par sankalp kiya aur chand pe usse sakaar kiya…India is now on the Moon,” says PM Modi as Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon.
PM Modi addresses the nation as Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon.
Vande mataram, Bharat Mata ki Jai reveres ISRO Mission Operation Complex in Bengaluru as Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon’s south pole.
Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon’s south pole, India becomes first country to do so.
Chandrayaan-3 less than 500 meters away from the moon, velocity nearly zero.
Chandrayaan-3 less than 100 meters away from the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 right above the landing site, likely to hover for a few seconds.
Chandrayaan-3 enters vertical descent phase 1.
Chandrayaan 3 outperforms Chandrayaan 2, India’s 2nd lunar mission’s connection was lost above 2km.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: At the end of third phase, lander to be around 800 meters away from the moon and velocity to be nearly zero.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: Vikram Lander on automatic mode. Enters in the third phase, lander is following the projected graph perfectly.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: PM Modi connects to ISRO via video conferencing from South Africa, where he is visiting for BRICS Summit.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: Vikram Lander less than 20km from moon surface
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: Landing completely nominal, horizontal velocity decreasing.
Next phase, attitude hold phase, will be for around 10 secs. Currently, lander is in the middle of rough breaking phase.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing updates: Lander module will be brought down from 30km to 7.4km in first phase
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest updates: Vikram Lander in first phase of its power descent, all going normal, shows graph
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest updates: Mission on intended tragictory, rough braking face started
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest updates: Vikram Lander begins power descent.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: Vikram Lander’s current speed is above 6,000km. Chandrayaan-3 has to decrease its speed from about 1.68km/s (6,048km/hr) horizontally, changing direction to make the craft vertical and finally bringing it to zero after making a soft landing on the lunar surface.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath was present at the Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru ahead of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission soft landing on the Moon.
Union Space Minister Jitendra Singh watches the landing of the Chandryaan-3 lander from ISRO’s viewing gallery.
ISRO began LIVE streaming of the Chandrayaan-3 lander at 5:20pm.
Students in several Indian cities including Mumbai, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam’s Guwahati have gathered to watch the live screening of Chandrayaan-3.
The three pillars of Chandrayaan-3 mission are: ISRO’s ISTRAC (Indian Space Research Organisation’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command) centre in Bengaluru and its mission control facility or MOX will be the pillars supporting the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Senior Scientist CSIR Satyanarayana speaking on Chandryaan-3’s landing on Wednesday said, “We are going to join the elite group of four (countries) touching the Moon’s surface… Failures gives lessons. We’ve learnt a lot…They (ISRO) have taken enough cautions to have a soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 over the Moon’s surface.”
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday participated in a special ‘ardas’ at Delhi’s Gurdwara Bangla Sahib or the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 lander module on the moon.
Senior scientific officer at Nehru Planetarium in Bengaluru Dr Anand, speaking on Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) moon mission Chandrayaan-3, said that no issues had been seen in any instrument on the lander, which is set to land on the moon on Wednesday around 6:05 pm. He added that ISRO was “very well prepared” for the mission.
Speaking on Chandrayaan-3, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Wednesday, “It is a proud moment for India because the emphasis has been given to engineering technology in the country since independence…I want to give my best wishes to the scientists & I pray for the success of Chandrayaan-3…”
Can the landing be postponed? In case of ‘unfavourable conditions’ an ISRO scientist said that the landing may be postponed to August 27. However, he affirmed that the lander should not face any problems today.
“While the world fantasises about the moon, we have actually felt the moon…the world dreams of the moon, and we have seen the dream getting converted into reality…sky is not the limit”, says Union Minister Jitendra Singh as Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: ‘India, I reached my destination and you too!’, says Chandrayaan-3 upon landing safely on Moon’s south pole.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President JP Nadda clap as Chandrayaan-3 successfully makes soft landing on Lunar South Pole.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “India’s successful Moon mission is not just India’s alone…This success belongs to all of humanity,” says PM Modi on Chandrayaan-3 mission success.
Chandrayaan-3 landing Latest Updates: “No country has reached there (the South Pole of the moon) before. With the hard work of our scientists we have reached there,” says PM Modi on the soft landing of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 on the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 landing Latest Updates: “Congratulations to the 140 crore Indians,” posts UP CM Yogi Adityanath as Chandrayaan-3 lander module makes soft landing on the Moon surface.
Chandrayaan-3 landing Latest Updates: Sweets distributed at the Embassy of India in United States as Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “When we see such historic moments it makes us very proud. This is the dawn of new India,” says PM Narendra Modi on the soft landing of ISRO’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 on the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: “Humne dharti par sankalp kiya aur chand pe usse sakaar kiya…India is now on the Moon,” says PM Modi as Chandrayaan-3 lands on Moon.
PM Modi addresses the nation as Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon.
Vande mataram, Bharat Mata ki Jai reveres ISRO Mission Operation Complex in Bengaluru as Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon’s south pole.
Chandrayaan-3 successfully lands on Moon’s south pole, India becomes first country to do so.
Chandrayaan-3 less than 500 meters away from the moon, velocity nearly zero.
Chandrayaan-3 less than 100 meters away from the moon.
Chandrayaan-3 right above the landing site, likely to hover for a few seconds.
Chandrayaan-3 enters vertical descent phase 1.
Chandrayaan 3 outperforms Chandrayaan 2, India’s 2nd lunar mission’s connection was lost above 2km.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: At the end of third phase, lander to be around 800 meters away from the moon and velocity to be nearly zero.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: Vikram Lander on automatic mode. Enters in the third phase, lander is following the projected graph perfectly.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: PM Modi connects to ISRO via video conferencing from South Africa, where he is visiting for BRICS Summit.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: Vikram Lander less than 20km from moon surface
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest Updates: Landing completely nominal, horizontal velocity decreasing.
Next phase, attitude hold phase, will be for around 10 secs. Currently, lander is in the middle of rough breaking phase.
Chandrayaan-3 Landing updates: Lander module will be brought down from 30km to 7.4km in first phase
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest updates: Vikram Lander in first phase of its power descent, all going normal, shows graph
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest updates: Mission on intended tragictory, rough braking face started
Chandrayaan-3 Landing Latest updates: Vikram Lander begins power descent.
Chandrayaan-3 Latest Updates: Vikram Lander’s current speed is above 6,000km. Chandrayaan-3 has to decrease its speed from about 1.68km/s (6,048km/hr) horizontally, changing direction to make the craft vertical and finally bringing it to zero after making a soft landing on the lunar surface.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath was present at the Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru ahead of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission soft landing on the Moon.
Union Space Minister Jitendra Singh watches the landing of the Chandryaan-3 lander from ISRO’s viewing gallery.
ISRO began LIVE streaming of the Chandrayaan-3 lander at 5:20pm.
Students in several Indian cities including Mumbai, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam’s Guwahati have gathered to watch the live screening of Chandrayaan-3.
The three pillars of Chandrayaan-3 mission are: ISRO’s ISTRAC (Indian Space Research Organisation’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command) centre in Bengaluru and its mission control facility or MOX will be the pillars supporting the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Senior Scientist CSIR Satyanarayana speaking on Chandryaan-3’s landing on Wednesday said, “We are going to join the elite group of four (countries) touching the Moon’s surface… Failures gives lessons. We’ve learnt a lot…They (ISRO) have taken enough cautions to have a soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 over the Moon’s surface.”
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday participated in a special ‘ardas’ at Delhi’s Gurdwara Bangla Sahib or the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 lander module on the moon.
Senior scientific officer at Nehru Planetarium in Bengaluru Dr Anand, speaking on Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) moon mission Chandrayaan-3, said that no issues had been seen in any instrument on the lander, which is set to land on the moon on Wednesday around 6:05 pm. He added that ISRO was “very well prepared” for the mission.
Speaking on Chandrayaan-3, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Wednesday, “It is a proud moment for India because the emphasis has been given to engineering technology in the country since independence…I want to give my best wishes to the scientists & I pray for the success of Chandrayaan-3…”
Can the landing be postponed? In case of ‘unfavourable conditions’ an ISRO scientist said that the landing may be postponed to August 27. However, he affirmed that the lander should not face any problems today.

18:04 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan-3 scripts history

Chandrayaan 3 lander makes a successfully safe and soft landing as loud cheers erupt at the mission control center.

18:01 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Lander makes successful tilt

The Vikram lander has successfully tilted to a horizontal position ahead of landing. It is now less than 200 metre above the landing site.

17:59 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Mission control cheers as Chanrayaan-3 enters

Cheers in MoX as the lander hovers 1 km height from landing as a fine braking phase, which did not happen during Chandrayaan-2.

17:57 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Attitude hold phase completed

At a height of around 7.43 kilometres above the lunar surface, the lander completed its attitude holding phase and transitioned into the fine braking phase.

17:47 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Rough-braking phase begins

The speed of the Chandrayaan-3 lander module will be reduced from over 6000 kilometres per hour to 500 kilometres per hour in the rough braking phase of a little over 10 minutes, says ISRO.

17:45 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Automatic landing sequence triggered at 5.44 PM IST

The Automated Landing Sequence was triggered when Chandrayaan 3 reached a predetermined point at 5.44 PM IST. Upon receiving the ALS command, the LM activates the throttleable engines for powered descent. “The mission operations team will keep confirming the sequential execution of commands,” ISRO has stated. The Chandrayaan-3 mission has begun its powered descent.

17:42 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Key upgrades in Chandrayaan-3

ISRO chief S Somanath said that the upgrades to the mission are “failure-based,” meaning that scientists looked at what went wrong with the Chandrayaan-2 mission to improve its successor. Here are some of the upgrades.

Strengthened legs: The legs of the new Vikram lander have been strengthened to ensure that it can land safely up to a speed of 10.8 kilometres per hour. Of course, this might not really be useful if a situation like Chandrayaan-2 arises, when the lander was going at a speed of around 580 kilometres per hour when crashing.
Bigger fuel tank: The Chandrayaan-3 mission carries more fuel than its predecessor to make sure that it can make last-minute changes if necessary.
More solar panels: The new Vikram lander has solar panels on all four of its faces instead of just two, as seen with its predecessor.
Additional instruments and improved software: More crucial, the Chandrayaan-3 mission has additional instruments and improvements to its software to aid the soft-landing effort. This includes the Laser Doppler Velocimeter, which will fire laser beams to the lunar surface to calculate the Lander’s speed. The updated software features multiple redundancies that will help it cope with different scenarios.

16:50 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

The four phases at the end

The last few minutes of the Moon landing were referred to as the “15 minutes of terror” by K Sivan, chairperson of ISRO during Chandrayaan-2. Those 15 minutes will remain equally as crucial and nerve-wracking during the Chandrayaan-3 mission and comprises four phases:

Rough braking phase: During this phase, the lander’s horizontal velocity should reduce from around 6,000 kilometres per hour to near zero for a soft landing.
Attitude holding phase: At a height of around 7.43 kilometres above the lunar surface, the lander will tilt from a horizontal to a vertical position while covering a distance of 3.48 kilometres.
Fine breaking phase: This will last around 175 seconds during which time the lander will travel about 28.52 kilometres horizontally to the landing site while reducing the altitude by around 1 kilometre. Chandrayaan-2 lost control between the Attitude hold and fine-braking phases.
Terminal descent: This is the final stage when the fully vertical lander should drop down on the Moon’s surface.

17:14 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

ISTRAC and MOX

ISRO’s ISTRAC (Indian Space Research Organisation’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command) centre in Bengaluru and its mission control facility or MOX will be the pillars supporting the Chandrayaan-3 mission as it tries to make history by landing on the Moon.

ISTRAC provides telemetry, tracking and command services from the time a rocket launches till the end of the lifespan of the mission. It has a network of ground stations at Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mauritius, Sriharikota, Port Blair, Thiruvananthapuram, Brunei and Biak (Indonesia) and Deep Space Network stations.

The MOX facility for Chandrayaan-3 is set up at ISTRAC, just like it was for Mangalyaan, Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2.

16:30 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Digvijaya Singh cites reports to claim scientists in Chandrayaan-3 mission have not received salaries for 17 months; BJP says ‘fake news’.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday sparked a new controversy by claiming that ‘scientists involved in Chandrayaan-3 mission have not received their salary for 17 months.’ “We are proud that ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) scientists are striving for the successful landing of Chandrayaan on the Moon. We pray to God for their success. But there are reports in the newspapers that the scientists who have done this have not received their salaries for 17 months,” the Congress leader claimed while speaking to ANI here in the state capital Bhopal.

16:11 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 News: Ramdev performs ‘yagya’ in Haridwar for mission’s success

Yoga guru Ramdev performed a “yagya” in Acharyakulam campus here while priests recited ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at a temple on the banks of the Ganga on Wednesday for the successful landing of Chandrayan-3. Ramdev performed the yagya and havan amid the chanting of Vedic hymns by the students of Acharyakulam, praying for the successful completion of the mission.

15:59 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

India’s space journey began in 1962 with the formation of INCOSPAR: Congress

15:59 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Moon Landing: India hours away from moon landing

India is hours away from its second attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon on Wednesday, a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and the country’s standing as a space power, just days after a similar Russian lander crashed.

15:48 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Ahead of Chandrayaan 3 landing, John Cena posts a picture of Indian flag

15:47 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 News: Special ‘Bhasma Aarti’ performed at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain for Chandrayaan-3

A special ‘Bhasma Aarti’ was performed at the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain district for the success of India’s third lunar mission — Chandrayaan-3 — on Wednesday.

15:44 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Landing: ‘India proved sky is not the limit’: WB Governor lauds ISRO scientists ahead of Chandrayaan-3’s soft landing

India proved that the sky is not the limit, said West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose on Wednesday while extending his wishes to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists who are part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

15:30 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Waiting for the reels and pictures from moon: Omar Abdullah

15:28 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Live: India’s spacecraft is preparing to land on the moon in the country’s second attempt in 4 years

India was counting down to landing a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole Wednesday — an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold important reserves of frozen water and precious elements.

15:22 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Live: Automatic landing sequence

15:21 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Moon Landing: “All of us waiting for the moment…”: Union Minister Anurag Thakur ahead of attempted lunar landing of Chandrayaan

Union Minister of Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur on Wednesday extended his wishes to the ISRO team ahead of the attempted lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3. The Union Minister said that all of us are waiting for the moment when Chandrayaan-3 mission becomes successful.

15:16 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Children of Delhi government schools send their best wishes

15:15 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 News: As `Vikram’ heads for moon, Kartikeya and Mallika Sarabhai remember their father

Kartikeya Sarabhai, son of physicist and founder of India’s space program Vikram Sarabhai, on Wednesday said the Chandrayaan-3 project represents the “new India” and every citizen is proud of this project. In a tribute to Vikram Sarabhai, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has named Chandrayaan-3’s lander as `Vikram’.

15:04 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan-3: Exploring India’s Mission through Numeric Insights.

15:01 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Former ISRO scientist ahead of soft landing

With only hours left for the much-anticipated Chandrayaan-3 mission, former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai on Wednesday said that by being the first to make a soft landing on the lunar polar region, the mission is set to make history. While talking to ANI about the mission, Annadurai said, “So far so good and we expect as per plan ‘A’ today we must be able to land. Like anyone else, I am also eagerly waiting.”

15:01 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Special prayers offered across Delhi for Chandrayaan-3 success

People in several parts of Delhi on Wednesday held special prayers at temples, mosques and gurudwaras for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 lander module on the moon. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri along with others joined a special “Ardas” held at Bangla Sahib Gurudwara here to pray for the success of the mission.

14:16 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Everything is going on smoothly. We don’t expect any problem. People are talking about August 27, but that is a backup. The landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon will start around 5:47 pm and continue till 6:04 PM. Once it reaches 30 km near the Moon’s South Pole, the descending process will begin.

Dr P Venkitakrishnan, former Director, CBPO, ISRO

14:10 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Moon Landing: Space stocks in India add $2.5 billion ahead of moon landing

Indian space-sector companies rallied ahead of the lunar touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Wednesday, which will potentially give a further boost to the nation’s space program.

Stocks of 13 companies that supply equipment ranging from electronics components to metal gears used in a rocket’s communication and navigation have added more than $2.5 billion in market value this week, Lecording to data complied by Bloomberg.

The Chandrayaan-3 rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation will attempt landing near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday evening, making the country first to reach the unchartered lunar territory after a similar attempt by Russia ended in a failure this month.

The gains among spacecraft suppliers are led by industrial gas firm Linde India that has risen more than 23% this.

14:03 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan-3 mission: All set for automatic landing sequence, says ISRO

ISRO on Wednesday said it is all set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) for its ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) to touch down on the lunar surface this evening. The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan) is scheduled to make a touch down near the south polar region of the Moon at 6:04 pm on Wednesday, a feat not achieved by any country so far.

13:19 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Moon Landing: ‘Country set to script history today’: Jyotiraditya Scindia ahead of attempted lunar landing

With hours to go for the attempted touchdown of the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the uncharted south pole of the Moon, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said the country was on course to create history. According to an official release from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Chandrayaan-3 lander is scheduled to touch down on the Moon’s south face at around 18:04 hrs IST.

13:06 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Live: The live telecast of operations at MOX begins at 17:20 hrs.

13:01 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

All set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS), says Isro in latest tweet.

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
‘Welcome, buddy!’
Ch-2 orbiter formally welcomed Ch-3 LM.

Two-way communication between the two is established.

MOX has now more routes to reach the LM.

Update: Live telecast of Landing event begins at 17:20 Hrs. IST.#Chandrayaan_3 #Ch3
— ISRO (@isro) August 21, 2023

12:40 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Moon Landing: Look forward to successful Moon landing: Rakesh Sharma, 1st Indian in space

As the nation awaits with bated breath the Chandrayaan 3 landing on Moon, Rakesh Sharma who is the first Indian in space, on Wednesday said that knowing the way ISRO functions, “I can proudly say that Chandrayaan 3 will have a safe landing”. Sharma will join eminent personalities such as astronauts Sunita Williams and S Somanath, Chairman of ISRO, to provide insights on the live simulcast of Chandrayaan-3 #countdowntohistory

12:38 (IAS NEXT) Aug 23

Chandrayaan 3 Live: Brother-in-arms Nasa, ESA support Isro in tracking Chandrayaan-3, will play key role in landing mission

With the Chandrayaan-3 lander’s soft landing on Moon scheduled at 6.04 pm on Wednesday, brother-in-arms Nasa and European Space Agency (ESA), which have been continuously lending support to Isro in tracking the spacecraft during its 3.84 lakh km journey to the Moon from the Earth, will on Wednesday play a key role in communicating with the lander module during the final descent phase.

Chandrayaan-3 mission: All you need to know

Isro’s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) is all set to land on the lunar surface on Wednesday evening, as India eyes to become the first country to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth’s only natural satellite.

Here are the key things to know about the moon landing:

Time of landing

Isro said the live telecast of the landing operations at MOX/ISTRAC begins at 5.20 pm on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled touch-down of the lander with a rover in its belly near the south polar region around 6.04 pm.

Overall process may take 30 minutes’

Isro chairman S Somanath said that the overall process of landing may take around 30 minutes. “The exact timeline would depend on the systems and landing conditions. We have to decide whether to land at the first visible site or choose another safer spot based on hazard detection,” he said.

Vikram’s function

The US, Russia and China have landed probes on the Moon, three of them in the southern latitudes, but India will be the first, if successful, to land close to the lunar south pole. Learning from the previous failure, Vikram this time has sturdier legs that can withstand landing velocities up to 10.8kmph. Isro said Vikram has been having a smooth sail.

After landing, Vikram will extend a ramp for Pragyan to roll out and explore the surface and start studies. Isro has packed Vikram and Pragyan with instruments. The lander and the rover are designed to function for one lunar day (14 Earth days).

Challenges

Among the landing challenges would be lunar dust. Firing onboard engines close to the surface results in backward flow of hot gases and dust! The hard, fine lunar dust has negative charge which makes it stick to surfaces and thereby interfere with deployment mechanisms including that of the solar panel.

Source: The Times Of India

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