On Monday, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said Chandrayaan-3, India's ambitious moon landing mission, will launch between July 12 and 19 if all tests go well. Somanath told the media after launching a one-day workshop and space exhibition at Kothavara St. Xavier's College conducted by ISRO that the Chandrayaan had already arrived at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota from the U. R. Rao Satellite Centre.
The last-minute preparations are ongoing. By the end of the current month, it will be finished. The LVM-3 rocket will be used for this launch concurrently. Its construction is ongoing. Somanath reported that all the components had arrived at Sriharikota for assembly. According to him, Chandrayaan-3 would be integrated with the rocket after the rocket assembly is finished by the end of this month. Many tests will follow, he said, and those will also be completed in the final week of June. We can only launch it during a specific timeframe, which is from July 12 to July 19. Although we will lose fuel, Somanath explained, we can still do it later. He clarified, though, that only if all the testing is carried out properly would the launch take place during this window.
Corrections have been made to Chandrayaan-3's hardware, construction, computers, software, and sensors, according to the official, in order to avoid any issues during the approaching launch. Additionally, the landing legs have been strengthened, and more fuel has been added. In order to produce more energy, large solar panels have been modified. Furthermore, there is an additional sensor. A 'Laser Doppler VelociMeter' device, created during the past year, has been added to monitor its speed. To assist Chandrayaan in landing at a different location in the event of a failure at the planned point, new software has been introduced, and its algorithm has also been tweaked, according to the ISRO director.
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