Chandrayaan-3 landing: Telangana schools to organize special live broadcast
Chandrayaan-3's lander is planned to gently land on the Moon around 6:04 pm on August 23, 2023. People can watch the landing live from 5:20 pm
By Anoushka Caroline Williams Published on 23 Aug 2023 3:02 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Telangana schools will organize a special live broadcast of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the lunar surface on Wednesday evening.
The director of School Education has directed District Educational Officers (DEO) in Telangana will organize a special assembly of students and teachers in all schools on Wednesday, August 23 from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. to watch the special live broadcast of the Chandrayaan-3 mission landing on the moon on T-SAT Vidya and Nipuna channels, TSAT mobile app, and TSAT television.
The TSAT is cooperating with Osmania University's Department of Astronomy to broadcast a special live program on the Chandrayaan-3 mission landing across its different platforms, according to the School Education department.
Meanwhile, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) organized a mega 'yajna' in the national capital to commemorate the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface.
The 'yajna' was performed on Wednesday morning at 7:30 am at the Arya Samaj Mandir in Sant Nagar by the Arya Samaj and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP).
The Lander Module of India's ambitious third moon mission Chandrayaan-3 is due to land on the lunar surface on Wednesday evening, as India aims to become the first country to reach the moon's unknown south pole.
"This mega 'yajna' has been organized under the joint aegis of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Arya Samaj for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3," VHP national spokesman Vinod Bansal said.
About the Mission
The Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3, which includes the lander (Vikram) and rover (Pragyan), is planned to settle near the moon's south polar area at 6:04 p.m. on Wednesday.
If the Chandrayaan-3 mission succeeds in landing a robotic lunar rover on the moon in its second attempt in four years, India would become the fourth country after the United States, China, and the former Soviet Union to master the technique of soft-landing on the lunar surface.
The goals of Chandrayaan-3, a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2, are to show safe and gentle landings on the lunar surface, roaming on the Moon, and conduct in-situ scientific experiments.
On July 14, the Rs 600 crore Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched atop a Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM-3) rocket for a 41-day journey to the lunar south pole.
