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Learning from the failure of Chadrayaan-2 in 2019, ISRO chairman S Somnath said that the Vikram lander will be able to make a soft-landing on Moon's surface even if all of its sensors or two engines fail to work.
The Lander and the Rover have scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface. The main function of the Propulsion Module (PM) was to carry the Lander Module (LM) from the launch vehicle injection till final lunar 100 km circular polar orbit and separate the LM from PM, which it did.
The Landing Module of Chandrayaan-3 consists of the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover, which are loaded with payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface
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New Delhi/IBNS: As Chandrayaan-3 successfully soft-landed on the South Polar region of the Moon on Wednesday-a feat matched only by Russia (then the Soviet Republic), the United States and China - guaranteeing India's place in the elite space club, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief S Somnath said the last 20 minutes was the most difficult phase of the lunar mission.