Chandrayaan 3 lander and rover, India's lunar mission to replace Chandrayaan 2's lander/rover Options

[Ohsin]

In the evening hours on Friday, the slow-moving, specialised truck ferrying the spacecraft from UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru arrived at India's spaceport, under a security blanket.

https://www.wionews.com/science-technology/...y-launch-597257

[Ohsin]

NOTAM for LVM3-M4 / Chandrayaan-3 with enforcement duration 0800-1000 (UTC), 12 July to 25 July 2023.

CODE

A1707/23 (Issued for VOMF PART 1 OF 3) - LVM3-M3 ROCKET LAUNCH FM SHAR RANGE, SRIHARIKOTA WILL TAKE
PLACE AS PER FLW DETAILS.THE LAUNCH WILL BE ON ANY ONE OF
THE DAY DRG THIS PERIOD.ACTUAL DATE OF LAUNCH WILL BE
INTIMATED 24 HR IN ADVANCE THROUGH A SEPARATE NOTAM.
LAUNCH PAD COORD: 134312N 0801348E
NO FLT IS PERMITTED OVER THE DNG ZONES.
A)DANGER ZONE -1:IS A CIRCLE OF 10 NAUTICAL MILES AROUND THE
LAUNCHER.
B)DANGER ZONE -2:IS AN AREA BOUNDED BY FOLLOWING COORDINATES:
123000N 0824000E-131500N 0825000E-124500N 0841000E-
120000N 0840000E
C)DANGER ZONE -3:IS AN AREA BOUNDED BY FOLLOWING COORDINATES:
114500N 0843500E-123500N 0844500E-114500N 0871500E-
105500N 0870500E
RTE AFFECTED IN CHENNAI FIR
W20, Q24, Q23, V4, V9, Q11, A465, P761, N571, V3
CLOSURES/ALTN RTE FOR OVERFLYING
1.W20 NOT AVBL BTN MMV-KAMGU
ALTN: MMV-DCT-DOHIA-DCT-RAMDO-DCT-KAMGU
PART 1 OF 3. DLY 0800-1000, 12 JUL 08:00 2023 UNTIL 25 JUL 10:00 2023. CREATED:
21 JUN 12:06 2023

[Phil Stooke]

Great news! Looking forward very much to a successful flight. Maybe when the launch happens we will learn the names given to the lander and rover.

Phil

[Ohsin]

Phil it appears at least the lander is being referred simply as 'Chandrayaan-3 lander' this time.

https://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan3_gallery.html


Previously for Chandrayaan-2, the label on lander read as 'Vikram Chandrayaan-2'

[Phil Stooke]

Thanks. I hope we see a successful landing, and that you will be able to share links to things in the Indian media that we might not find ourselves.

Phil

[Ohsin]

They'll retain the names of lander and rover!

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to retain the names of the Chandrayaan-2 lander and rover for their Chandrayaan-3 equivalents as well, Chairman of the space agency S. Somanath told The Hindu. This means, the Chandrayaan-3 lander will bear the name ‘Vikram’ (after Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme) and the rover, ‘Pragyan’.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kera...cle67008553.ece

[Phil Stooke]

Thanks for this. So not Vikram 2 and Pragyan 2, as they could have chosen. I seem to recall at the time of Chandrayaan 2 that there was a plan to name the landing site as well, but it was never done because the landing was not successful. I hope this one is successful!

Phil

[Ohsin]

13 July, 1430 (IST) or 0900 (UTC)

The launch of Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for July 13 at 2:30 pm, officials said on Wednesday.

https://indianexpress.com/article/technolog...launch-8691043/

[Ohsin]

New NOTAM suggests launch date is now no earlier than 14 July.

CODE

A1845/23 (Issued for VOMF PART 1 OF 2) - LVM3-M4 ROCKET LAUNCH FM SHAR RANGE, SRIHARIKOTA WILL TAKE
PLACE AS PER FLW DETAILS.THE LAUNCH WILL BE ON ANY ONE OF
THE DAY DRG THIS PERIOD.ACTUAL DATE OF LAUNCH WILL BE
INTIMATED 24 HR IN ADVANCE THROUGH A SEPARATE NOTAM.
LAUNCH PAD COORD: 134312N 0801348E
NO FLT IS PERMITTED OVER THE DNG ZONES.
A)DANGER ZONE -1:IS A CIRCLE OF 10 NAUTICAL MILES AROUND THE
LAUNCHER.
B)DANGER ZONE -2:IS AN AREA BOUNDED BY FOLLOWING COORDINATES:
123000N 0824000E
131500N 0825000E
124500N 0841000E
120000N 0840000E
C)DANGER ZONE -3:IS AN AREA BOUNDED BY FOLLOWING COORDINATES:
114500N 0843500E
123500N 0844500E
114500N 0871500E
105500N 0870500E
RTE AFFECTED IN CHENNAI FIR
W20, Q24, Q23, V4, V9, Q11, A465, P761, N571, V3
CLOSURES/ALTN RTE FOR OVERFLYING
1.W20 NOT AVBL BTN MMV-KAMGU
ALTN: MMV-DCT-DOHIA-DCT-RAMDO-DCT-KAMGU
2. Q24 NOT AVBL BTN MMV - KAMGU
ALTN: MMV-DCT-DOHIA-DCT-RAMDO-DCT-KAMGU (UNI DIRECTIONAL)
3. Q23 NOT AVBL BTN RINTO - MMV
ALTN: RINTO-DCT-TTP-DCT-GUANI-DCT-MMV (UNI DIRECTIONAL)
4. V4 NOT AVBL BTN BOPRI - MMV
ALTN: BOPRI-DCT-RINTO-DCT-TTP-DCT-GUANI-DCT-MMV (UNI DIRECTIONAL)
5. V9 NOT AVBL BTN GUNRI - MMV
ALTN: GUNRI-DCT-GURAS-DCT- KOLCA -DCT-MMV (UNI DIRECTIONAL)
6. Q11 NOT AVBL BTN GURAS -MMV
ALTN: GURAS-DCT-KOLCA-DCT-MMV
7. A465 NOT AVBL BTN GURAS-MMV
ALTN: GURAS-DCT-KOLCA-DCT-MMV
8. P76
END PART 1 OF 2. DLY 0800-1000, 14 JUL 08:00 2023 UNTIL 25 JUL 10:00 2023. CREATED:
05 JUL 10:03 2023

https://twitter.com/isro/status/1676506357359603712

https://twitter.com/isro/status/1676507229607047169

Encapsulated assembly has been mated with LV.

[Ohsin]

That would be 0905 UTC

The launch is scheduled for July 14, 2023, at 14:35 Hrs. IST from the Second Launch Pad, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota.

https://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3.html

[Ohsin]

Stream link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ueCg9bvvQ

Press-kit
https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Miss...n3_brochure.pdf

[Holder of the Tw...]

It took until late yesterday for Spaceflight Now to finally put this launch on their schedule. I tried for two weeks to notify them by email, but the address they gave to report updates kept coming back as "undeliverable".

[kenny]

Launch due in about 15 minutes (09.00 UTC, 10.00 BST).

livestreaming now....

Chandrayaan 3 launch.

[kenny]

Successful launch and spacecraft separation...

[tolis]

Any word on signal acquisition?