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ISRO Chief S Somnath said after the launch that the vehicle has started its journey towards the Moon. If everything goes according to plan, it will land on the moon on August 23 at 5.47 pm.
The Indian Space Research Organization ie ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on Friday afternoon at 2.35 pm. Chandrayaan was sent into space through an LVM3-M4 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Chandrayaan successfully reached the Earth’s orbit after 16 minutes. ISRO Chief S Somnath said after the launch that the vehicle has started its journey towards the Moon. If everything goes according to plan, it will land on the moon on August 23 at 5.47 pm.
Many countries expressed happiness over this success of India. Space agencies of the US, Japan, UK and Europe congratulated ISRO for the mission.
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Chinese newspaper Global Times tweeted and said- Congratulations! India has successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 into orbit. The spacecraft will attempt a soft landing on the Moon in August. If India is successful in this attempt, it will become the fourth country to make a controlled landing on the moon.
America’s Space Agency NASA Administrator Bill Nielsen said that I hope that Chandrayaan-3’s journey to the moon is safe. We are waiting for the scientific results coming from the mission.
Pakistan’s PTI party leader Fawad Chaudhry also congratulated India and ISRO. Fawad has been the Science and Technology Minister of Pakistan.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency tweeted that we hope Chandrayaan-3 is successful in soft landing on the Moon. Also, the rover should successfully carry out its operation.
The UK Space Agency tweeted that the destination is the moon. Congratulations to ISRO for the successful launch of Chandrayaan.
The European Space Agency also congratulated ISRO for the successful launch.
Last 73 days 80 scientists did not go home, then Chandrayaan was launched
ISRO chairman S. Somnath told Bhaskar that in the last 73 days, all the scientists associated with the mission were engaged day and night in making the structure by connecting different parts of Chandrayaan-3. Only a few got the chance to go home. This successful launching is the result of their dedication, intelligence and hard work.
Project director P. Veeramuthuval had 29 associate and deputy directors in the team. 55 were project managers. Associate director Kalpana played an important role. That’s why after the successful launch of Chandrayaan, Veeramuthuval called Kalpana on the stage itself. So that everyone can recognize the woman scientist who played an important role in Chandrayaan-3.
People saw the launch of Chandrayaan-3 from a distance and hoisted the tricolor.
Started preparing for Chandrayaan-3 since the crash landing of Chandrayaan-2
ISRO scientists had started preparing for Chandrayaan-3 since the crash landing of Chandrayaan-2’s lander. The first year was spent on bug finding through data analysis and its simulation. In the second year, improved equipment and technology. The third year passed only in trials. Deliberately made possible mistakes and saw their consequences. Then improved the software and sensor. The fourth year was spent in close coordination with all the major centres.
Despite the scorching heat, a large number of people turned up to watch the launch of Chandrayaan-3.
Third flight of LVM-3 in last one year
This was the third flight of the LVM-3 rocket in the last one year. Industry contributed to providing about 85 per cent of the fuel from the front or inside of the LVM-3 standing on the launch pad, although the development, design and quality control of Chandrayaan-3’s lander, rover and propulsion modules were not supported by industry. ISRO was responsible.
This picture is of Ganga Ghat in Varanasi, where people are lighting lamps for the success of Chandrayaan-3.