Chandrayaan 3 Live Updates: Chandrayaan's next lunar orbital manoeuvre today
Chandrayaan-3 orbit LIVE updates: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has noted that Chandrayaan-3 is progressively approaching the Moon, with the upcoming lunar orbital manoeuvre scheduled to take place between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm IST on Monday.“Even closer to the moon’s surface. Chandrayaan-3's orbit is reduced to 174 km x 1437 km following a manuevre performed today. The next operation is scheduled for August 14, 2023, between 11:30 and 12:30 Hrs.
IST," the ISRO posted on X.Chandrayaan-3 serves as a subsequent endeavour to Chandrayaan-2, aimed at showcasing a comprehensive proficiency in secure lunar landing and traversing the lunar terrain.The primary aim is to foster and showcase novel technologies necessary for successful interplanetary missions. Stay with Livemint for the latest updates.An Indian space scientist has said that Mission Chandrayaan-3 is vastly different from Russia's Luna-25 in terms of methodology, route, and experiments.The Indian moon-landing spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July whereas Luna-25 took off on 11 August. Chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the lunar surface around August 23 after completing a 40-day journey.
On the other hand, Luna-25 is expected to land on the moon around August 21, two days ahead of Chandrayaan-3. However, both missions will attempt to land on the lunar south pole. Read the complete story.The ISRO has revealed two images obtained from the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.
The first image offers a view of Earth, taken by the Lander Imager Camera. The second image shows the Moon, it was taken by the Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera onboard on August 6. See all pictures here.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has noted that Chandrayaan-3 is
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