NASA And ESA On Chandrayaan 3 Launch: The space agencies of America and Europe on Friday (July 14) congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on the successful launch of its third lunar mission ‘Chandrayaan-3’.
ISRO successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 through LVM3-M4 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. LVM3-M4 is the largest and heaviest rocket in its category and is called ‘Fat Boy’.
ESA congratulates ISRO on the launch of Chandrayaan-3
The European Space Agency (ESA) tweeted, “Congratulations to ISRO on this spectacular launch!” ESA said in a statement that it is providing support to Chandrayaan-3 through its European Space Tracking (ESTRAC) network of deep space stations. These are ground stations on Earth that help operators stay connected to the spacecraft during missions outside space.
NASA said this on the launch of Chandrayaan-3
America’s Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Senator Bill Nelson also congratulated ISRO on the launch of Chandrayaan-3. He tweeted, “Congratulations to ISRO on the launch of Chandrayaan-3. I wish it a safe journey to the moon. I look forward to the scientific results from this mission.”
111 lunar missions were sent in the last seven decades, so many were successful
According to ISRO chief S Somnath, after reaching the desired height, Chandrayaan-3 has been planned to have a ‘soft landing’ on August 23. According to data related to lunar missions of the US space agency NASA, out of 111 lunar missions in the last seven decades, 62 were successful, 41 failed and eight had partial success.
The first mission ‘Pioneer 0’ to the Moon was sent by America on August 17, 1958, which was unsuccessful. Six more lunar missions sent that year by Russia and the US failed.
Former chairman of ISRO G Madhavan Nair said this
G Madhavan Nair, former chairman of the Indian Defense Research Organization (ISRO), said the success rate of lunar missions is only 50 per cent and this is because of the uncertainties in the timing of the rocket leaving the Earth’s gravitational field. According to the data, from 1958 to 2023, apart from India, the US, Russia, Japan, the European Union, China and Israel have launched various lunar missions.
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