- Chandrayaan-3 Moons Mission
- ISRO confirmed successfully entered into a lunar Orbit
- The Spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the moon's distance for now.
India became the fourth one who achieved this opportunity; previously US, Russia, and China reached control of Lunar landings.
When Moon Landing?
As per reports, we expect the final Moon landing between 23-24 August, intending to collect images from the lunar south pole.
Chandrayaan-3 successfully inserted into lunar orbit, says ISRO India's ambitious third moon mission.
What's Next?
According to reports, we are expecting a soft landing in the South Polar region of the Moon on August 23, 2023. The ISRO satellites also shared a message from the satellite to its centres, which read,'' MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity.''
ISRO Message
"Today, the chandrayaan-3 mission achieved a crucial milestone with the successtul completion of the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI. The insertion was carried out by retro-burning at the Perilune for 1835 seconds, starting at 19:12 Hrs. IST. The maneuver resulted in an orbit of 164 km x 18074 km. as intended.
This is the third time in succession that ISRO has successfully inserted its spacecraft into the lunar orbit, apart from doing so once into the Martian orbit.
As the mission progresses, a series of maneuvers have been planned to gradually reduce chandrayaan-3 orbit and position it over the lunar poles. After some manevres, the propulsion module will separate from the lander while in orbit.
Following that. a series of complex braking maneuvers will be executed to facilitate a soft landing in the South Polar region of the Moon on August 23, 2023. The health of Chandrayaan-3 is normal.
Throughout the mission, the health of the spacecraft is being continuously monitored from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network (ISTRAC), the Indian Deep Space Network (IDS) antenna at Byalalu, near Bengaluru, with the support from ESA and JPL Deep space antenna. The next Lunar bound orbit maneuver is scheduled for August 6, 2023, between 22:30 and 23:30 Hrs. IST."
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Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
— ISRO (@isro) August 5, 2023
“MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity 🌖”
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Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit.
A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru.
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