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Chandrayaan-3

Also known as Chandrayaan3

Indian Space Research Organization · Launched

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Completed · Success

India's successful lunar landing, which set the Vikram lander down in the south polar region and deployed a rover onto the surface.

Destinations
Moon
Launch vehicle
LVM 3
Launch site
Sriharikota, India
Countries
India
Mission types
Lander, Rover

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Chandrayaan-3 launched on an LVM3 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

  2. Orbit insertion

    A 30-minute engine firing placed the spacecraft into a 164 x 18,074 km lunar orbit

    Moon

  3. Milestone

    The lander and rover reached a 153 x 163 km polar lunar orbit, after which the lander separated

    Moon

  4. Milestone

    Vikram began its powered descent towards the surface

    Moon

  5. Landing

    Vikram landed in the south polar region of the Moon

    Moon

  6. Deployment

    The rover was deployed onto the lunar surface

    Moon

  7. Mission end

    The lander and rover entered sleep mode at the end of the lunar day and did not wake

    Moon

  8. Milestone

    Orbit-raising manoeuvres brought the propulsion module out of lunar orbit into a high Earth orbit

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Chandrayaan-3 · Lander

    Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

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Provenance

Sources

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Data verified through August 27, 2026