1. India's third
moon mission and second attempt for soft landing on moon after Chandrayaan-2
mission failure.
2. India will be
the fourth country only after the US, China and Russia on successful
soft-landing on the moon.
3. Launch vehicle
- LVM3 (Launch vehicle Mark -III)
4. Spacecraft is
composed of
○ Indigenous
Propulsion module with lifetime of 3-6 months
○ A Lander and a
Rover aboard it with lifetime of one lunar day (equal to 14 earth days)
○ Payload carries
Spectro-Polarimetry of Habitable Planetary Earth Payload - To study spectral
and polarimetric measurements of earth from the lunar orbit.
5. Location - In
the south pole of the moon
