ISRO on 24th Feb conducted a flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine that will power the cryogenic upper stage of the launch vehicle for the Chandrayaan-3 mission. The 25-second hot test was satisfactorily successful that matched the expectation of scientists. The organization in a statement said the propulsion parameters were found satisfactorily and closely matched with their prediction.
The Chandrayaan 3 is a consecutive mission after Chandrayaan 1 and 2 and the test was conducted at the High Altitude Test Facility of the ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri Tamil Nadu. The test news has been shared by the ISRO Spaceflight Twitter account in which it wrote “ISRO has successfully completed the flight acceptance test of the CE-20 engine that will be used on the LVM3-M4/Chandrayaan-3 mission!! It was a 25-sec duration test carried out on 24 Feb. A Jul-Aug ’23 launch of CY-3 is still very much on the cards!”
ISRO has successfully completed the flight acceptance test of the CE-20 engine that will be used on the LVM3-M4/Chandrayaan-3 mission!! It was a 25 sec duration test carried out on 24 Feb.
A Jul-Aug '23 launch of CY-3 is still very much on the cards! #ISRO #Chandrayaan3 pic.twitter.com/3HgIaKdvy6
— ISRO Spaceflight (@ISROSpaceflight) February 28, 2023
This year is an important year for the ISRO as some of the reports have suggested that ISRO may launch Chandrayaan- 3 this year. At the start of the year, ISRO conducted EMI/EMC test on Chandrayaan 3 lander at U R Rao Satellite Centre. It was conducted to check the functionality of the satellite in space.
According to ISRO the lander of the Chandrayaan 3 will have the capability to soft land at a specific lunar location. If we talk about the objective of this mission is to demonstrate the soft landing on the lunar surface, rover roving on the moon, and for conducting in situ experiments
