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Chandrayaan 3 – Lunar Orbit
August 10 , 2023
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- Chandrayaan-3 was successfully inserted into lunar orbit after a journey of twenty-three days.
- It marks a significant step in India’s endeavour to become the first nation to achieve a soft landing on the moon.
- As the spacecraft started circling the moon, it began transmitting signals to the Mission Operators Complex (MOX) at the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC).
- As of now, Chandrayaan-3 is in an elliptical orbit around the moon.
- It is situated approximately 18,074 km from the lunar surface at its farthest point and 164 km at its nearest.
- However, this elliptical orbit is not the final configuration.
- The mission aims to achieve a circular orbit, with an altitude of 100 km x 100km above the moon’s surface.
- ISRO will carry out four orbit manoeuvres to make the spacecraft enter into its final orbit.
- The Chandrayaan-3 consists of a lander module (LM), a propulsion module (PM) and a rover.
- The lander is expected to touch down on the moon surface on August 23.
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