6 days to go! Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram separates from Propulsion module ahead of moon landing - Top points
Chandrayaan-3 has made a major achievement in its lunar quest as the 'Vikram' lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module. The Lander Module 'Vikram' that was with the Propulsion module for the past one month in their journey from Sriharikota in India to Earth's satellite Moon, have now separated. ISRO posted the update on microblogging site ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter.
"Thanks for the ride, mate! said the Lander Module (LM). LM is successfully separated from the Propulsion Module (PM). LM is set to descend to a slightly lower orbit upon a deboosting planned for tomorrow around 1600 Hrs., IST," ISRO said in a post See the post here Padma Shri and former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai told news agency ANI, "Now the important thing is softly and securely landing on the moon and for that, the lander has to separate from the propulsion module...Now 'Vikram' has to take its own course of action and for that, it has to separate.
After separating, the major event comes. Four 800N thrusters, they have to fire to take it to the lower orbit. This will also be done in two steps" -Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module 'Vikaram' has successfully separated from the Propulsion Module taking the spacecraft a big step closer to Moon.
The separation took after over a month from when Chandrayaan -3 left Earth -On Friday, 18 August, the Lander Module will descend to a slightly lower orbit around the Moon. -The Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander is named after Vikram Sarabhai (1919–1971), who is widely regarded as the father of the Indian space programme. -Post its launch on 14 July, Chandrayaan-3 entered into the lunar orbit on 5 August, following which orbit reduction maneuvers were carried out on 6, 9, 14
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