Chandrayaan-3: Guidance, Navigation and Control

Chandrayaan-3 was a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. The main objective of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing mission was to achieve a safe and soft landing near the lunar south pole. On 23 August 2023, India achieved a major milestone in space exploration as Chandrayaan-3 successfully performing a soft landing near the south pole region of the moon. Our team at U R Rao Satellite Center was responsible for Design, Analysis, Implementation and Realization of Guidance, Navigation and Control System for powered descent and landing. 

Related Publications

Landing Profile and Powered Descent Strategy for Chandrayaan-3 

Aditya Rallapalli, Suraj Kumar, Bharat Kumar GVP

Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies , The Aeronautical Society of India 

Convex Decision Boundary Design for Guidance Feasibility Check During Powered Descent Phase of Chandrayaan-3 Lander 

Debajyoti Chakrabarti, Suraj Kumar, Aditya Rallapalli, MP Rijesh, GVP Bharat Kumar 

IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier