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An illustration showing ISRO’s ‘Chandrayaan-3’ after the orbit of Landing Module (LM) was successfully reduced to 25 km x 134 km. | Photo Credit: PTI The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is set to touch down on the Moon on August 23 around 6.04 p.m. IST, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)…
The ISRO on August 20 said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Lander Module (LM), further bringing it nearer to the moon. | Photo Credit: ISRO The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 has completed its second and final deebost in the early hours of August 20. The Indian Space…
The ISRO on August 20 said it successfully reduced the orbit of the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Lander Module (LM), further bringing it nearer to the moon. | Photo Credit: ISRO The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 has completed its second and final deebost in the early hours of August 20. The Indian Space…
The Lander Module (LM) successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@isro A day after the lander module (LM) separated from the propulsion module (PM) , it successfully underwent a deboosting operation on August 18. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the…
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A view of the moon captured by the Chandrayaan-3. Twitter/@isro The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 18 released two videos of the moon which was captured by India’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3. The first video shows the moon captured by the Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) on August 15, 2023, and in the…
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After the separation of the two modules, a series of complex braking manoeuvres will be executed to facilitate a soft landing in the south polar region of the moon. The lander is expected to touch down on the moon surface at 5.47 p.m. on August 23, 2023. After 34 days on board the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft,…
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ISRO released on August 16 a new image of the moon captured by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. | Photo Credit: special arrangement After being together for 34 days onboard the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, the propulsion module and the lander module will part ways on August 17 and embark on their respective journeys. “It’s time for preparations as…
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