Chandrayaan-3 LIVE: Vikram Lander's final deboosting successful; module to undergo security checks
Chandrayaan-3 LIVE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in the early hours of Sunday that the second and final deboosting operation of Chandrayaan-3 was carried out successfully. Following this, the module would undergo internal checks.
The powered descent is expected to start on August 23. Deboosting is the process of slowing down to position itself in an orbit where the orbit's closest point to the Moon (Perilune) is 30 km and the farthest point (the Apolune) is 100 km.
“The second and final deboosting operation has successfully reduced the LM orbit to 25 km x 134 km. The module would undergo internal checks and await the sun-rise at the designated landing site.
The powered descent is expected to commence on August 23, 2023, around 1745 Hrs. IST," ISRO said on X (formerly Twitter).
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in the early hours of SundayLaunched on 14 July this year, Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.Read all the latest updates about Chandrayaan-3 at Mint's LIVE blog:Chandrayaan-3 LIVE updates: ISRO said in the early hours of Sunday that the second and final deboosting operation of Chandrayaan-3 was carried out successfully.Deboosting is the process of slowing down to position itself in an orbit where the orbit's closest point to the Moon (Perilune) is 30 km and the farthest point (the Apolune) is 100 km.Chandrayaan-3 LIVE updates: As per ISRO, The powered descent is expected to commence on August 23, 2023, around 1745 Hrs.Chandrayaan-3 live updates: ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 has successfully completed its final deboosting. “The second and final deboosting operation has successfully
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