Chandrayaan-3 mission: Moon imaged by Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera (LHVC) on August 6, 2023.
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched two photos taken by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. The first picture is of the Earth as seen by the Lander Imager (LI) Camera. The picture was taken on July 14, when the Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The second picture is of the Moon captured by the Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera (LHVC) on board the spacecraft on August 6.
ISRO posted on its X social media platform: “Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Earth viewed by Lander Imager (LI) Camera on the day of the launch, Moon imaged by Lander Horizontal Velocity Camera (LHVC) a day after the Lunar Orbit Insertion.”
Chandrayaan-3 mission: Earth seen by Lander Imager (LI) Camera on July 14, 2023.
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ISRO
LI digital camera was developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and LHV digital camera by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS), which relies in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
ISRO had earlier launched a video of the Moon, as seen by Chandrayaan-3 throughout Lunar Orbit Insertion, which happened on August 1.
On August 9, ISRO carried out the third orbit discount manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 and the Chandrayaan-3 is simply 1,437 km away from the moon.
