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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Space — Latest Missions.
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Chandrayaan-3 was launched on which date from which spaceport?
14 July 2023 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota
Chandrayaan-3 was launched aboard which Indian launch vehicle?
LVM3 (M4)
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander touched down on the Moon on which date?
23 August 2023
With Chandrayaan-3, India became the first country to soft-land near which lunar region?
The lunar South Pole
Chandrayaan-3 made India the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon after which three?
USSR, USA and China
The Chandrayaan-3 landing site was officially named?
Shiv Shakti Point
Chandrayaan-3's rover and lander are named?
Pragyan (rover) and Vikram (lander)
23 August, the date of the Chandrayaan-3 landing, is now observed in India as?
National Space Day
Chandrayaan-3 is the successor to Chandrayaan-2 (2019), which failed in which phase?
Vikram lander hard-landed during powered descent
Chandrayaan-3 lander deployed which onboard hop demonstration on the lunar surface in late August 2023?
Vikram lander performed a successful 'hop' (40 cm) — re-deployed legs
Pragyan rover carried which two scientific payloads?
APXS (Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer) and LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope)
Chandrayaan-3 landed roughly how many degrees south latitude on the Moon?
About 69° South (closer to South pole than any earlier mission)

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This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Space — Latest Missions. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).

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