The ISRO’s (The Indian Space Research Organisation) LVM3-M4/Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission lifts off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre-SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
| Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
A day after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) efficiently launched India’s third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, the first orbit-raising manoeuvre was carried out on Saturday.
The manoeuvre was carried out by the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru to position the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the 41,762 km x 173 km orbit. This signifies that Chandrayaan-3 is now in an orbit, which when closest to Earth is at 173 km and farthest at 41,762 km.
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“The first orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound firing-1) is successfully performed at ISTRAC/ISRO, Bengaluru,” the house company mentioned. ISRO additionally mentioned that the spacecraft’s well being is regular.
Chandrayaan-3 was efficiently launched by the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3) when it took off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2.35 p.m. on July 14 and positioned at an elliptic parking orbit of 36,500 km x 170 km. Four extra Earth-bound manoeuvres might be carried out until July 31. Thereafter, the trans lunar insertion will happen on August 1.
