Read How Chandrayaan-3 will help the Indian space sector

Chandrayaan-3, India’s third Moon mission, is expected to land softly on the lunar surface on August 23 from the Indian Space Research Organization’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDCC) in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The mission will represent a huge milestone for India’s space sector if all goes as scheduled.

Chandrayaan-3 will take India the 4th place:

As per the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Vikram lander will attempt to arrive on the lunar surface just after 6 p.m. on August 23. 

If successful, India will join the United States, Russia, and China as the fourth nation to make a soft landing on the Moon’s surface and emerge as a space power.

With the recent failure of Russia’s Luna-25 mission, India can now become the first country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole, which is the intended goal of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

The mission would also contribute to the Centre’s objective to increase investment in commercial space launches and satellite-based businesses.

It would accelerate India’s goal of increasing its private space enterprises’ share of the global launch industry by fivefold over the following decade.

Before the launch of the moon mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that ISRO was writing “a new chapter in India’s space odyssey” and lifting “the dreams and ambitions of every Indian.”

The Lunar mission landing might get delayed:

A senior ISRO scientist indicated two days before Chandrayaan-3’s soft landing on the lunar surface that the national space agency would go forward with the touchdown only if conditions were “favourable” on the day. Otherwise, he stated, a new attempt would be made on August 27.

“Two hours before Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon, we will decide whether it is appropriate to land at that time based on the lander module’s health and the conditions on the Moon.” 

If any factor appears unfavourable, we will land the module on the Moon on August 27,” said Nilesh M Desai, director of ISRO’s space applications unit, to news agency ANI.

He did, however, express faith that the Vikram lander would make it to the lunar surface on schedule.

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