3rd orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 successful: ISRO

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3rd orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 successful: ISRO


The subsequent manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 is deliberate between 2 and three p.m. IST on July 20, 2023.
| Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam

The third orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 mission was carried out efficiently at ISTRAC, Bengaluru on July 18. The subsequent manoeuvre is deliberate for July 20, 2023, between 2 and three pm IST.

ISRO stated that the moon mission is on schedule.

On July 17, ISRO efficiently carried out the second orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound apogee firing) to put the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft within the 41,603 km x 226 km orbit.



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