New Delhi: Neal Mohan, the head of YouTube, has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for achieving a streaming milestone with the Chandrayaan-3 launch.
According to a post on X (previously Twitter), YouTube India revealed that the live stream of Chandrayaan-3s soft landing on the Moon on August 23 garnered over 80 lakh (or 8 million) viewers, making it the most-watched live stream worldwide.
things that made us go woah: India landed on the moon! @isros livestream on YouTube records a whopping 8 million concurrent viewers- were over the moon! ? pic.twitter.com/M2GZsu1l8V
YouTube India (@YouTubeIndia) September 12, 2023
The Chandrayaan-3 lander, following its successful soft landing last month, is currently positioned near the Moons South Pole.
India achieved a significant milestone with the Chandrayaan-3 lander modules successful touchdown on the lunar South Pole, marking the country as the first to accomplish this historic feat.
India joins an exclusive group of nations, including the US, China, and Russia, as the fourth country to achieve a successful moon landing.
In the days following the landing, both the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover undertook various tasks on the lunar surface. These tasks included detecting the presence of sulphur and other trace elements, recording temperature variations, and monitoring surrounding movements.
Chandrayaan-3, Indias third lunar mission, had explicit objectives: a secure and gentle landing, rover exploration on the moons surface, and the execution of in-situ scientific experiments.
