‘INDIA’ Alliance Passes Resolution on Chandrayaan-3 Mission, Congratulate ISRO Family

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 1st Sept. Opposition ‘INDIA’ alliance parties passed a resolution praising India’s successful Chandrayaan-3 moon mission on Friday while camping in Mumbai for a strategy meeting.

“We, the INDIA parties congratulate the entire ISRO family – present and past – for its outstanding achievements which have made our country proud,” the INDIA alliance’s, or (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) resolution read.

The opposition coalition thanked previous governments as well, stating that it took six decades to build, expand, and deepen ISRO’s capacities and capabilities.

“Chandrayaan-3 has thrilled the world, which is eagerly looking forward to the launch of Aditya[1]L1 tomorrow. We hope that the extraordinary accomplishments of ISRO strengthen the spirit of scientific temper in our society and give our youth the inspiration to excel in fields of scientific endeavour” the resolution read.

On August 23, India took a big leap forward when the Chandrayaan-3 lander module safely landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to accomplish the historic achievement and putting an end to the disappointment of the Chandrayaan-2 crash landing four years before. Overall, India became the fourth country to successfully land on the moon’s surface, after the United States, China, and Russia.

After landing, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover completed various tasks on the lunar surface, such as detecting the presence of sulphur and recording relative temperature.

After a successful lunar trip, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now preparing for the country’s first solar mission, Aditya-L1.

The sun mission is set to launch on Saturday at 11:50 IST from the Sriharikota launch pad, once the launch rehearsal and vehicle internal checks are completed.

Aditya-L1 is India’s first solar space observatory and will be launched by the PSLV-C57. It will carry seven different payloads to have a detailed study of the sun, four of which will observe the light from the sun and the other three will measure in-situ parameters of the plasma and magnetic fields. Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrangian Point 1 (or L1), which is 1.5 million km away from the Earth in the direction of the sun. It is expected to cover the distance in four months’ time.