Chandrayaan-3 has successfully departed from Earth’s orbit and is now en route to the Moon.
According to ISRO officials, the Chandrayaan-3 mission has adhered to its planned timeline, and the spacecraft is currently in good health.
Two weeks after its successful launch from Sriharikota, Chandrayaan-3 has completed its orbit around the Earth and is now on its way to the Moon for the next phase of the mission, as announced by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) late Monday night.
“Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
“Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The spacecraft completes its orbits around the Earth and successfully heads towards the Moon. The perigee-firing conducted at ISTRAC, ISRO has successfully injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit. The Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) is planned for Aug 5, 2023, as the spacecraft arrives at the Moon,” Isro tweeted following the successful insertion into the translunar orbit.
The lunar injection took place between 12 am and 12:30 am on Monday, confirmed officials.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the Earth and heads towards the Moon.A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit.
Next stop: the Moon 🌖
As it arrives at the moon, the… pic.twitter.com/myofWitqdi
— ISRO (@isro) July 31, 2023
ISRO officials stated that the Chandrayaan-3 mission has adhered to the planned schedule, and the spacecraft’s health is currently in normal condition.
On the afternoon of July 14, ISRO successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 into orbit using the Launch Vehicle Mark-3, previously known as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk-III. Following a 40-day journey, the spacecraft is anticipated to achieve a soft landing near the moon’s south pole, making India the fourth country to land on the lunar surface and the first to achieve a soft landing near the lunar south pole.
Chandrayaan-3 serves as a subsequent mission to Chandrayaan-2, with the primary objective of showcasing a complete capability for a secure landing and rover exploration on the lunar surface. The spacecraft consists of a lander and rover configuration, transported by a propulsion module to a lunar orbit of 100 km.
According to the pre-launch mission brochure by ISRO, the propulsion module is equipped with the ‘Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE)’ payload, designed to conduct spectral and polarimetric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit.
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