Let's Know about Chandrayaan : Day by Day Updates

Let's Know about our Mission Chandrayaan and it's important Updates 

As we all know, Chandrayaan-3 launched from Sriharikota on July 14, 2023. The spacecraft consists of a lander and a rover. The lander touched down on the Moon and then deploy the rover on August 23.

Let's see the Important Day by Day update of Chandrayaan - 3 ---

• July 14, 2023

LVM3 M4 vehicle successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 into orbit. Chandrayaan-3, in its precise orbit, has begun its journey to the Moon. Health of the Spacecraft is normal.

• August 05, 2023
  

Chandrayaan-3 is successfully inserted into the lunar orbit.

• August 17, 2023
  

Lander Module is successfully separated from the Propulsion Module.

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• August 23, 2023
  

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon.

• August 27, 2023

The first observations from the ChaSTE payload onboard Vikram Lander

 ChaSTE (Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment) measures the temperature profile of the lunar topsoil around the pole, to understand the thermal behaviour of the moon's surface.

• August 28, 2023

LIBS confirms the presence of Sulphur (S) on the lunar surface through unambiguous in-situ measurements.

LIBS is a scientific technique that analyzes the composition of materials by exposing them to intense laser pulses.

The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument onboard Chandrayaan-3 Rover has made the first-ever in-situ measurements on the elemental composition of the lunar surface near the south pole. 

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These in-situ measurements confirm the presence of Sulphur (S) in the region unambiguously, something that was not feasible by the instruments onboard the orbiters.

Preliminary analyses, graphically represented, have unveiled the presence of Aluminum (Al), Sulphur (S), Calcium (Ca), Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr), and Titanium (Ti) on the lunar surface. Further measurements have revealed the presence of manganese (Mn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O). Thorough investigation regarding the presence of Hydrogen is underway.

• August 31, 2023
  

RAMBHA-LP on-board Chandrayaan-3 measures near-surface plasma content

First in-situ measurements of the surface-bound Lunar plasma environment over the south polar region have been carried out by the Radio Anatomy of Moon Bound Hypersensitive ionosphere and Atmosphere - Langmuir Probe (RAMBHA-LP) payload onboard Chandrayaan-3 Lander.

Langmuir (after Irving Langmuir) probe is a device used for characterising a plasma. 

The initial assessment indicates that the plasma encompassing the lunar surface is relatively sparse, characterized by a number density ranging from approximately 5 to 30 million electrons per cubic meter. This evaluation specifically pertains to the early stages of the lunar daytime. 

• September 04, 2023

The lander and rover are in sleep mode. Awaiting their awakening around September 22, 2023.

Further Reads : Mission Chandrayaan Details