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Chandrayaan-3

Image: Indian Space Research Organisation · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons

Planetary science

Chandrayaan-3

Completed

ISRO

Image: Indian Space Research Organisation · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons

Launched
14 Jul 202309:05:17 UTC
Last contact
4 Sept 2023
Duration
1 month 21 days
Destinations
Moon

An ISRO mission that made India the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon and the first to land near its south pole. The lander and rover operated for one lunar day.

Milestones

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Spacecraft

Vikram

Lander
Completed

Lander that touched down at about 69° south, carrying instruments to measure surface temperature, seismic activity and plasma.

Launch mass
1,724 kg
Size
2 m × 2 m
Power
Solar
Built by
ISRO
Last contact
4 Sept 2023
Designator
2023-098A

Pragyan

Rover
Completed

Six-wheeled, 26 kg rover that analysed the composition of the soil near the landing site.

Launch mass
26 kg
Size
0.9 m × 0.4 m, span 0.9 m
Power
Solar
Built by
ISRO
Last contact
4 Sept 2023

Mission details from isro.gov.in.