ISRO

Pertubuhan Penyelidikan Angkasa Lepas India (ISRO) berjaya melancarkan penerbangan pembangunan ketiga dan terakhirnya, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3.

Roughly the size of an SUV, the satellite is set to be launched from India with a target launch set for January next year.

ISRO used to be a very closed organization. There was hesitation in talking about its missions and somewhat a culture of secrecy.

The Pragyan rover from the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was "set into Sleep mode" but with batteries charged and receiver on, ISRO said.

Pelancaran bersejarah Aditya-L1 itu turut disiarkan secara langsung menerusi laman web ISRO dan meraih hampir 500,000 tontonan.

Perayau (rover) Chandrayaan-3 India telah menyelesaikan tugasan semasanya di bulan dan ditetapkan dalam mod tidur sehingga 22 Sept, menurut Pertubuhan Penyelidikan Angkasa India (ISRO), lapor Sputnik.

Slated for launch on Sept. 2, the Aditya L1 is the first Indian space mission to study the sun.

Dr T.V. Venkateswaran said the data collected would enhance the reliability of remote sensing observations conducted globally.

India's first space-based solar probe, aims to study solar winds, which can cause disturbance on earth and are commonly seen as "auroras".

India's space agency has set a date for its next mission - this time to study the sun.

India had to do it on a shoestring budget and ended up spending only 6.15 billion rupees or about $75 million on the moon mission.

The Ch-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander and India took a walk on the moon!, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.

The successful landing marks its emergence as a space power as India looks to spur investment in private space launches.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission launched on July 14 from India, is closing in on an attempt to land the spacecraft on the moon's south pole.

The mission is seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India's standing as a space power, just days after a similar Russian lander crashed.