An illustration displaying ISRO’s ‘Chandrayaan-3’ after the orbit of Landing Module (LM) was efficiently decreased to 25 km x 134 km.
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The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is about to touch down on the Moon on August 23 round 6.04 p.m. IST, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) stated on August 20.
The powered descent is anticipated to start at 5.45 p.m. on the designated day.
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Earlier on August 20, the ISRO carried out the second and ultimate deebost of the Lander Module to scale back the Lander Module to 25 km x 134 km.
“Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The second and final deboosting operation has successfully reduced the LM orbit to 25 km x 134 km,” stated the ISRO after the deebost of the Lander Module.
The ISRO stated that the module would bear inner checks and await the sun-rise on the designated touchdown web site.
On August 18, the ISRO efficiently carried out the primary deboosting operation that decreased its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. This was carried out the day after the lander module separated from the propulsion module after a 34-day lengthy journey in the direction of the Moon.
