Chandrayaan- 3 Mission highlights The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) pulled off the coming Lunar bound orbit manoeuvre today, laying the spacecraft in 174 km x 1437 km orbit.
The previous orbit reduction move for Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft was carried out successfully on Sunday as planned, using the onboard propulsion system. The orbit achieved is 170 km x 4,313 km.
Before it lands on the moon, Chandrayaan- 3 will perform multiplede-orbiting manoeuvres to bring it closer to the lunar surface so that lander Vikram can land there.
According to Isro chief S Somanath, a lander propulsion module separation exercise will be taken up after that, soon after lander” deboost”, a process that slows down the craft. It’ll be followed by landing on lunar surface on August 23, he explained.
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However, if all the detectors fail, nothing works,” If everything fails. That is how it has been designed- provided that the propulsion system works well,” Mr Somanath told news agency PTI.
Chandrayaan- 3 will make India the fourth country after the US, China, and Russia to land its spacecraft on the surface of the moon, showing the country’s capability for a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface.
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According to ISRO, there will be two additional orbit reduction manoeuvres to bring the spacecraft closer to the Moon.
These maneuvers will be performed on August 14 and 16 to reach 100 km orbit, following which the landing module, comprising the lander and rover will break away from the propulsion module. After this, the lander is expected to undergo a” deboost”(the process of slowing down) and make a soft landing on the south polar region of the Moon on August