what is chandrayan 3

Chandrayaan-3 is the third mission in the Chandrayaan program, a series of lunar-exploration missions developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) . It is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 and aims to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. The mission consists of a lander and rover configuration, and it was launched by LVM3 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota on July 14, 2023. The propulsion module carried the lander and rover configuration till 100 km lunar orbit and had a Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) payload to study the spectral and Polari metric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit. The lander payloads include Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) to measure the thermal conductivity and temperature, Instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) for measuring the seismicity around the landing site, and Langmuir Probe (LP) to estimate the plasma density and its variations. A passive Laser Retroreflector Array from NASA is also accommodated for lunar laser ranging studies. The rover is made in India and is designed to explore the lunar surface.