Chandrayaan-3 LIVE updates: Vikram Lander inches closer to Moon ahead of soft-landing; 2nd deboosting on 20 August

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Read all the latest updates about Chandrayaan-3 at Mint's LIVE blog:ISRO has released a short video of the Moon, captured by Chandrayaan-3's Lander Position Detection Camera onboard spacecraft on 15 August 2023.The deboosting of the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft means the process of slowing down of the lander to an orbit where the Perilune (the orbit's closest point to the Moon) and Apolune (farthest point from the Moon) are only a few kilometres away from the spacecraft. The deboosting will help in the soft landing on the Moon.The second deboosting of the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft will take place on 20 August, Sunday, ISRO said.

The first deboosting took place on Friday evening.The Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 had successfully separated from the Propulsion Module on Thursday, 35 days after the satellite was launched on JulyISRO said that the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's Vikram lander underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. The health of the lander module, comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), is normal even after deboosting, the Indian space agency added.