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August 20, 2023 14:18 ISTChandrayaan-3: The soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface has been planned for 5.45 PM on August 23.
Chandrayaan-3: The soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface has been planned for 5.45 PM on August 23.
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander went through a key deboosting manoeuvre on Friday after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module.
Chandrayaan-3: ISRO is bidding to make a successful soft landing on the moon, which will make India the fourth country in the world to achieve the feat after the United States, Russia, and China.
Chandrayaan-3 mission: Vikram lander successfully separated from the spacecraft's propulsion module. The lander and the rover are carrying scientific payloads to carry out experiments on the lunar surface.
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission moved closer to the moon as ISRO revealed the imminent detachment of the lander module from the propulsion module, slated for August 17. The successful firing manoeuvre placed Chandrayaan-3 in its intended orbit of 153 km x 163 km after lunar-bound manoeuvres.
According to the national space agency, it is time for preparations as the Propulsion Module and the Lander Module gear up for their separate journeys.
The satellite, realised at U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, has arrived at the ISRO's spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
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ISRO's Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) successfully conducted a series of Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory in Chandigarh during August 8-10, the national space agency said.
In the latest set of images, the ISRO shared pictures of Earth and Moon captured by Chandrayaan 3
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Chandrayaan-3's mission began on July 14, entering lunar orbit on August 5. To bring it closer to the Moon's surface, three de-orbiting maneuvers are planned for August 9, 14, and 16, reducing its orbit to 100 km x 100 km. The final landing on August 23 will involve a separation exercise.
ISRO earlier had announced that Chandrayaan-3 will attempt a soft landing on the moon's surface on August 23.
Chandrayaan-3, which is India's third Moon mission was successfully launched from Sriharikota on July 14.
Chandrayaan-3: The Indian spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Moon since its launch on July 14.
Earlier on August 1, the ISRO informed that the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft completed its orbits around the Earth and is now heading towards the Moon.
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