‘An important pic’: Singapore’s High Commissioner lauds Chandrayaan-3’s lunar pictures

Singapore’s High Commissioner to India, Simon Wong congratulated India and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the Chandrayaan-3 insertion section, on Sunday.

He additionally praised the photographs of the moon, captured by the lunar mission.

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“Big congratulations to the Chandrayaan-3 moon insertion phase. What a great pic! HC Wong,” High Commissioner Wong stated on X.

Meanwhile, the primary pictures of the moon as captured by Chandrayaan-3, had been put out by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday.

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Chandrayan-3 captured gorgeous pictures of the lunar floor after coming into the Moon’s orbit on Saturday.

“The Moon, as viewed by #Chandrayaan3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023,” tweeted the Mission’s official Twitter deal with.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which lined about two-thirds of the gap to the Moon since its launch, efficiently entered the Lunar orbit on Saturday, based on ISRO.

The spacecraft, mounted on GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch car, efficiently lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14.

India will develop into solely the fourth nation after the US, China, and Russia to land its spacecraft on the floor of the moon, demonstrating the nation’s means for a secure and tender touchdown on the lunar floor.

Upon touchdown, it should function for one lunar day, which is roughly 14 Earth days. One day on the Moon is the same as 14 days on Earth.

The authorized price of Chandrayaan-3 is ₹250 crore (Excluding Launch Vehicle Cost).

Chandrayaan-3’s growth section commenced in January 2020 with the launch initially deliberate in 2021. However, the Covid-19 pandemic introduced an unexpected delay to the mission’s progress.

Chandrayaan-3 is the ISRO’s follow-up try after the Chandrayaan-2 mission confronted challenges throughout its tender touchdown on the lunar floor in 2019 and was ultimately deemed to have failed its core mission aims. Chandrayaan-3 lowers lunar orbit. What’s forward for Moon tender touchdown