Chandrayaan-3 successfully soft-landed on the south pole of the moon on August 23 making India the first country to do so
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Here is everything that has been planned for Chandrayaan-3
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After the successful landing, the Vikram lander deployed the Pragyan rover on the moon's surface
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ISRO took to Instagram to post images of the rover moving on the moon
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The mission life of both the lander and the rover is one lunar day, which is 14 Earth days
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The lander, the rover and the propulsion module have scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface
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Lander payload
The lander payload will measure the thermal conductivity and temperature of the lunar surface. It will also measure the seismic activity around the landing site
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The lander will also estimate the plasma density on the lunar surface and study the lunar laser ranging
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Rover payload
The rover will move around the lunar surface and conduct in-situ scientific experiments. It will derive the elemental composition of rocks and soil near the landing site
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Propulsion payload
The propulsion module payload can help make future discoveries of smaller planets in reflected light to study Exo-planets for the presence of life