Chandrayaan’3’s Lunar Orbit Insertion manoeuvre was accomplished efficiently on August 5, 2023. Photo: Twitter/@isro
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 5 accomplished the Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) to efficiently put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the moon’s orbit. The LOI manoeuvre was carried out from ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru. LOI manoeuvre commenced at 7 p.m.
“Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit. A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru,” the house company mentioned.
After the completion of the essential manoeuvre, ISRO on its X social media platform posted “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity.”
Following the success of the LOI, ISRO will perform 4 orbit manoeuvres to make the spacecraft enter into its ultimate orbit at a distance of about 100 km from the moon’s floor. The first of those manoeuvres is scheduled to happen at 11 pm IST on August 6.
“The next operation – reduction of orbit – is scheduled for Aug 6, 2023, around 11 pm IST,” ISRO mentioned. The Chandrayaan-3 consists of a lander module (LM), a propulsion module (PM) and a rover.
The PM and LM separation would occur on August 17. A sequence of deboost manoeuvres can also be scheduled to happen earlier than the ability descent section for soft-landing on the moon. The lander is anticipated to the touch down on the moon floor on August 23 at 5.47 p.m.
On August 4, the house company mentioned that India’s third moon mission, which was launched on July 14 has coated about two-thirds of the space to the moon.
