Chandrayaan - 3

• LVM 3
  • payload ➡️ elliptical orbit around earth
    • propulsion module will place lander in circular orbit around the Moon
    • detachment of lander
    • manoeuvres
• 1/2 lunar day ➡️ 14 earth days
• Vikram ➡️ lander
• Pragyan ➡️ rover
• NO orbiter ➡️ this time (already present - 2019)
• in situ chemical analysis
• rare earth elements
• frozen water
• regolith ➡️ lunar soil
  • hydrophobic

Key terms

• Propulsion module
  • SHAPE
    • polarisation of light by earth
    • exoplanet search
• Lander payloads
  • ChaSTE
    • thermal conductivity
  • ILSA
    • moonquakes
    • lunar seismic study
  • RAMBHA
    • radio anatomy
• Langmuir Probe
  • env of Moon
• Laser Retroreflector Array
  • measure distance
  • laser ranging
  • from NASA
• Rover payloads
  • APXS
    • elements ➡️ lunar soil
  • LIBS
    • composition ➡️ Lunar surface