what is chandrayaan 3

Chandrayaan-3 is a planned third lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) . It is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 and is aimed at demonstrating end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. The mission will consist of a lander and a rover similar to Chandrayaan-2, but would not have an orbiter. Its propulsion module will behave like a communications relay satellite. The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover configuration until the spacecraft is in a 100km lunar orbit. The lander for Chandrayaan-3 will have only four throttle-able engines, unlike Vikram on Chandrayaan-2 which had five 800 Newtons engines with a fifth one being centrally mounted with a fixed ... . The mission is aimed at the lunar south pole, a region with water ice, or frozen water, that could be used for drinking water or to make rocket fuel. As of September 22, 2023, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, which together make up Indias Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, went to sleep two weeks ago to survive the lunar night.