Chandrayaan-3 Another Step Closer to Moon; Second Deboosting of Lander Scheduled Tomorrow  – News18

The Lander Module of India’s Chandrayaan-3 efficiently underwent a deboosting operation on Friday. The deboosting lowered its orbit, taking the mission a step nearer to the moon.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s third mission in its sequence of lunar explorations is scheduled to make a soft-landing on the south pole of the moon on August 23.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission was efficiently launched on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The spacecraft entered the lunar orbit on August 5.

LATEST UPDATES

– Vikram Lander’s 2nd Deboosting on August 20

ISRO posted on X that the second deboosting of Vikram Lander is scheduled for August 20. The first deboosting was efficiently accomplished on Friday.

This second deboosting will take the mission additional nearer to the gentle touchdown on the lunar south pole scheduled for August 23.

– Lander Module Deboosting Successful; LM Health Normal

A deboosting operation on the Lander Module of the Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft was executed at 4 pm on Friday. This operation lowered its orbit to 113 km x 157 km.

ISRO posted on X that the well being of the LM is regular.

– ISRO Shares Moon’s Images, View From the Lander Imager Camera

The Indian Space Research Organisation shared the view from the Lander Image (LI) camera-1 on August 17, moments after the Lander Module separated from the Propulsion Module.

The Indian house company additionally shared photographs of the moon captured by the Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) on August 15.

– Chandrayaan-3 Lander Module Separates From Main Module

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved one other milestone when its Lander Module carrying the rover inside efficiently separated from its Propulsion Module on August 17.

The LM comprising the Vikram lander and rover Pragyan is able to be lowered to an orbit that can take the mission nearer to the moon. The touchdown on the moon’s south pole is scheduled at 5:47 pm on August 23.

– India’s Chandrayaan-3 Completes Last Lunar Manoeuver

The Chandrayaan-3 mission efficiently accomplished its fifth and last orbit manoeuver on Wednesday, taking the mission one other step nearer to its completion.

The completion of this manoeuver permits the spacecraft to organize for the separation of its Lander Module and Propulsion Module.