Examine the statements about Chandrayaan-3 mission:

1. It successfully landed near the Moon’s south pole.

2. It carried an orbiter along with the lander and rover .

The correct answer is Only 1.

Let us analyze each statement about the Chandrayaan-3 mission step-by-step:

Statement 1: It successfully landed near the Moon’s south pole.
This statement is correct. On August 23, 2023, ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully executed a soft landing near the lunar south pole, making India the first country to land near this region of the Moon.

Statement 2: It carried an orbiter along with the lander and rover.
This statement is incorrect. Unlike Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3 did not include a dedicated orbiter. Instead, it comprised a Propulsion Module, a Lander (Vikram), and a Rover (Pragyan). The Propulsion Module carried the lander and rover configuration to a 100 km lunar orbit before separating and continuing to act as a communications relay satellite and carrying scientific payload (SHAPE), but it was not an orbiter in the traditional sense like in Chandrayaan-2.

Therefore, only statement 1 is correct.