{"id":167364,"date":"2024-09-13T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=167364"},"modified":"2024-09-13T14:57:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:27:28","slug":"aviation-week-laureates-award-was-given-to-isro-for-chandrayaan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/aviation-week-laureates-award-was-given-to-isro-for-chandrayaan-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Week Laureates Award Was Given To ISRO For Chandrayaan-3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)<\/strong> has been honored with the prestigious Aviation Week Laureates Award<\/strong> for its remarkable achievements in the Chandrayaan-3 mission<\/strong>. Sripriya Ranganathan,<\/strong> Deputy Ambassador at the Indian Embassy in the US, accepted the award on behalf of ISRO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Aviation Week Laureates Award:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • The\u00a0Aviation Week Network\u2019s Laureate Awards<\/strong>\u00a0are highly esteemed accolades in the aviation and aerospace industry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • These awards celebrate exceptional accomplishments that embody the spirit of exploration, innovation, and vision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The ceremony, attended by over\u00a0400 industry<\/strong>\u00a0professionals and influencers, recognizes groundbreaking achievements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • ISRO\u2019s successful\u00a0Chandrayaan-3 mission<\/strong>\u00a0exemplifies the Laureate\u2019s tradition of honoring outstanding contributions to aerospace exploration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Chandrayaan-3 Mission:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Operational Duration:<\/strong>\u00a0Both Vikram and Pragyan are designed to operate for one lunar day, equivalent to 14 Earth days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Launch and Craft Details:<\/strong>\u00a0Launched on July 14, 2023, from Sriharikota using GSLV-Mark III (LVM-3) heavy-lift rocket. The spacecraft consists of a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan, omitting an orbiter this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mission Objectives:<\/strong>\u00a0Demonstrating a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface, rover exploration, and conducting in-situ scientific experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Budget:<\/strong>\u00a0Estimated at Rs 615 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Lander and Rover Specifications:<\/strong>\u00a0Vikram, standing at 2 meters tall and weighing over 1,700 kg, carries a 26-kg lunar rover named Pragyan. Pragyan will conduct spectrometer analysis of the lunar surface\u2019s mineral composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Landing and Deployment:<\/strong>\u00a0Scheduled for August 23, 2023, the lander will touch down on the moon and deploy the rover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been honored with the prestigious Aviation Week Laureates Award for its remarkable achievements in the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Sripriya Ranganathan, Deputy Ambassador at the Indian Embassy in the US, accepted the award on behalf of ISRO. About Aviation Week Laureates Award: Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Operational Duration:\u00a0Both Vikram and Pragyan are designed to operate for one lunar day, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":167369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5234],"tags":[4925,5235,130],"class_list":["post-167364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2024","tag-awards-honours-current-affairs","tag-current-affairs-march-2024","tag-isro-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167370,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167364\/revisions\/167370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}