India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission launched on July 14, headed towards a historic touchdown on the lunar surface. The lunar mission had to delay its launch on board India’s Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) rocket by four seconds to avoid the possibility of colliding with other objects. Before launch, liftoff should be cleared for all space launch vehicles as a mandatory practice, Kumar added. Last year, the U.S. Space Command revealed that it was tracking more than 47,000 objects in space. India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed on the Moon on August 23, making India the fourth country to achieve such feat after the Soviet Union, the U.S., and China.

Source: The Nation October 06, 2023 21:01 UTC