The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 made its soft landing near the lunar south pole on:
- A.14 July 2023
- B.23 August 2023
- C.2 September 2023
- D.6 January 2024
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 23 August 2023. The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 touched down near the south polar region of the Moon on 23 August 2023, making India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon and the first to do so near the lunar south pole. The Pragyan rover then rolled out and worked through one lunar day. The landing site was named Shiv Shakti Point and 23 August is now observed in India as National Space Day.
Option A, 14 July 2023, is the launch date of Chandrayaan-3 aboard the LVM3-M4 vehicle. Option C, 2 September 2023, is the launch date of Aditya-L1, the solar mission that followed soon after. Option D, 6 January 2024, is the date on which Aditya-L1 was inserted into its halo orbit around the Lagrange point L1. All three are real dates from the same period, which is what makes the question tricky.
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Practice Questions
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- A.1981
- B.1982
- C.1983
- D.1984
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- A.Mangalyaan II
- B.Gaganyaan
- C.Chandrayaan II
- D.Aditya L-1
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Gaganyaan is the programme under which the Indian Space Research Organisation is preparing to send Indian astronauts into a low orbit around the Earth in a crew module of its own and bring them back safely.
Read the full explanation →The first pico satellite of India is:
- A.INSAT
- B.STUDSAT
- C.GSAT-4
- D.ANUSAT
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- A.To assess the Moon geological composition
- B.To measure the vertical temperature profile of the lunar regolith
- C.To measure the Moon atmospheric pressure
- D.To study the Moon magnetic field
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Read the full explanation →In the year 2021, DRDO launched which satellite by PSLV-C51 to enhance India surveillance capability in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)?
- A.Satish Dhawan Satellite
- B.Sindhu Netra Satellite
- C.Sindhu Durga Satellite
- D.Sri Shakti Satellite
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