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Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025
Modi's directions came during a briefing by ISRO Chairman S Somanath on the progress of the Gaganyaan mission, which is to have its first demonstration flight of the crew escape system on October 21.
Somanath was addressing students at an event organised by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's Foundation, commemorating the 92nd birth anniversary.
The sensors of an instrument on board India's first solar observatory have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth, it said.
Efforts on to establish communication with lander and rover for continuing experiments, said ISRO officials
DS-SAR carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). This allows the DS-SAR to provide for all-weather day and night coverage, and capable of imaging at one metre resolution at full polarimetry.
Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar exploration mission ready for take off in the fourth operational mission (M4) of LVM3 launcher.
Chandrayaan 3 has successfully separated from LVM3-M4 rocket, the ISRO said.
If the Chandrayaan-3 mission — slated for launch on Friday, July 14 — goes as planned, it will place India in the elite club of four nations that have set their footprints on the lunar surface by landing a space vehicle.
Built on a budget of just under $75 million, the Chandrayaan-3 is set to blast off from India's main spaceport in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 2:35 pm local time
Mission launch onboard Launch Vehicle Mark 3 from Sriharikota spaceport at 2.35 pm on July 14.
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