India’s ‘Bahubali’ rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft – Chandrayaan-3- into orbit on Friday afternoon in a copybook style. The country’s heavy rocket slung the 3.8-ton Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into its intended earth orbit.
The rocket is nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ as like the hero in the successful film lifts a heavy Lingam, the rocket carried the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.
From there it will be a long journey for Chandrayaan-3 as the distance between the earth and the moon is about 3.844 lakh km.
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Speaking after the launch Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S.Somanath said, “Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has started its journey towards the moon. The LVM3 rocket orbited the spacecraft precisely at the intended orbit.”
Meanwhile, the MOS in PMO Jitendra Singh said that: “It is indeed a moment of glory to India. Thank you Team ISRO for making India proud. Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
The total project cost is about Rs.615 crore. At about 2.55 p.m. the LVM3 rocket with a strong deep growl rose into the sky breaking free from the second launch pad here at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
The 43.5-meter tall rocket weighing about 642 tons furiously rushed upwards with thick bright orange flame leaving behind an anaconda-like long and thick white smoke.
The rocket is nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ as like the hero in the successful film lifts a heavy Lingam, the rocket carries the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.
The other nickname is a fat boy. About 16 minutes into its flight, the rocket put into orbit Chandrayaan-3. From there it will be over a month-long journey for Chandrayaan-3 to reach its destination as the distance between the two planets is about 3.844 lakh km.
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