Chandrayaan-3 mission: Know what payloads were installed in the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover

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Check which payloads helped make all the scientific discoveries in the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

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Chandrayaan-3 mission took flight on July 14 with a launch vehicle, Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover. All of them were equipped with scientific payloads. 

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The Vikram lander touched down on the lunar surface on August 23, which made the biggest achievement for ISRO and India.

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The Vikram lander and Pragyan rover conducted studies on the lunar south pole for 14 days with the help of various payloads.

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The Vikram lander was equipped with Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) to measure temperature.

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It also had the instrument for Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA) to record moonquakes as it is a natural occurrence on the Moon.

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Lastly, the lander had a Langmuir Probe (LP) to study plasma density and its variations. 

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The Pragyan rover was equipped with Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS).

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All of the Chandrayaan-3 mission payloads worked properly and gave us some interesting facts about the lunar south pole. 

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Now, the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover are sleeping on the lunar south pole. ISRO have hopes that they will wake up someday.

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On the other hand, ISRO is also working on the Chandrayaan-4 mission to conduct an in-depth study of the lunar surface and find the presence of water.