Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday completed a 24-hour ‘launch rehearsal’ simulating the entire launch preparation for the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon. This comes ahead of the lunar mission which is set to be launched by 14 July from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
“Chandrayaan-3 mission: The ‘Launch Rehearsal’ simulating the entire launch preparation and process lasting 24 hours has been concluded,” ISRO said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Chandrayaan-3 consists of an indigenous propulsion module, lander module, and a rover with an objective of developing and demonstrating new technologies required for inter-planetary missions.
The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover from injection orbit to till 100 km lunar orbit. It also carries a Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planetary Earth (SHAPE) payload to study the spectral and polarimetric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit. The main function of the Propulsion Module is to carry the LM from the launch vehicle injection orbit to till Lander separation.
