Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module
E828745
The Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module is the spacecraft element that transported the Vikram lander from Earth orbit toward the Moon and served as a communication relay and support platform for the mission.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chandrayaan-2 orbiter bus | 1 |
| Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module canonical | 1 |
| Vikram lander (Chandrayaan-3) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9837956 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module Context triple: [Vikram (Chandrayaan-3 lander), communicationLink, Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module]
-
A.
Chandrayaan-3
Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third lunar exploration mission that successfully achieved a soft landing near the Moon’s south pole, marking a major milestone for the Indian Space Research Organisation.
-
B.
Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second lunar exploration mission, designed to study the Moon’s south polar region with an orbiter, lander, and rover.
-
C.
GSLV Mk III / LVM3
GSLV Mk III, also known as LVM3, is India’s heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to carry large communication satellites to geostationary orbit and support crewed space missions.
-
D.
Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first lunar probe, launched in 2008, which successfully orbited the Moon and helped confirm the presence of water molecules on the lunar surface.
-
E.
lander Vikram
Lander Vikram is the lunar lander of India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission, designed to perform a soft landing near the Moon’s south polar region and deploy the Pragyan rover.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module Target entity description: The Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module is the spacecraft element that transported the Vikram lander from Earth orbit toward the Moon and served as a communication relay and support platform for the mission.
-
A.
Chandrayaan-3
Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third lunar exploration mission that successfully achieved a soft landing near the Moon’s south pole, marking a major milestone for the Indian Space Research Organisation.
-
B.
Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second lunar exploration mission, designed to study the Moon’s south polar region with an orbiter, lander, and rover.
-
C.
GSLV Mk III / LVM3
GSLV Mk III, also known as LVM3, is India’s heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to carry large communication satellites to geostationary orbit and support crewed space missions.
-
D.
Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first lunar probe, launched in 2008, which successfully orbited the Moon and helped confirm the presence of water molecules on the lunar surface.
-
E.
lander Vikram
Lander Vikram is the lunar lander of India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission, designed to perform a soft landing near the Moon’s south polar region and deploy the Pragyan rover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
spacecraft bus
ⓘ
spacecraft module ⓘ |
| carries |
Vikram lander (Chandrayaan-3)
ⓘ
linked to:
Chandrayaan-3
|
| communicationBand |
S-band
ⓘ
X-band ⓘ |
| communicationRole |
relay telecommands from Earth to Vikram lander
ⓘ
relay telemetry from Vikram lander to Earth ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator | India ⓘ |
| designedLifetime | about 6 months in lunar orbit ⓘ |
| designHeritageFrom |
Chandrayaan-2 orbiter bus
ⓘ
linked to:
Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module
|
| destination | Moon ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2023-07-14 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeIST | 2023-07-14T14:35:00+05:30 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeUTC | 2023-07-14T09:05:00Z ⓘ |
| launchSite | Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
LVM3 M4
ⓘ
linked to:
LVM3
|
| manufacturer |
ISRO UR Rao Satellite Centre
ⓘ
linked to:
ISRO Satellite Centre
|
| mission | Chandrayaan-3 ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
act as communication link between lander and ground segment
ⓘ
demonstrate reliable lunar transfer and orbit insertion for lander ⓘ provide stable platform for scientific observations from lunar orbit ⓘ |
| missionType |
Earth observation experiment carrier
ⓘ
lunar exploration support ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ |
| operator | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| orbit | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | high lunar orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | Chandrayaan-3 ⓘ |
| payload | Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE) ⓘ |
| payloadType | Earth observation experiment ⓘ |
| powerSource |
onboard batteries
ⓘ
solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
provide communication relay between Vikram lander and Earth
ⓘ
support scientific payloads in lunar orbit ⓘ transport Vikram lander from Earth orbit to lunar orbit ⓘ |
| program | Indian Lunar Exploration Programme ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
liquid apogee motor
ⓘ
reaction control thrusters ⓘ |
| relatedMission |
Chandrayaan-2 orbiter
ⓘ
linked to:
Chandrayaan-2
|
| roleInMissionPhase |
Earth parking orbit to lunar orbit transfer
ⓘ
lunar orbit insertion support ⓘ post-landing communication relay ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Vikram lander (Chandrayaan-3)
ⓘ
linked to:
lander Vikram
|
| separationEventDate | 2023-08-17 ⓘ |
| SHAPEObjective | study Earth’s spectral and polarimetric signatures as an exoplanet analog ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
ISRO
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Space Research Organisation
|
| status | operational in lunar orbit (as of late 2023) ⓘ |
| supports |
Chandrayaan-3 surface operations
ⓘ
Pragyan rover communications via lander ⓘ Vikram lander communications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module Description of subject: The Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module is the spacecraft element that transported the Vikram lander from Earth orbit toward the Moon and served as a communication relay and support platform for the mission.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vikram
linked to: Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module
linked to: Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module