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Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft covers two-thirds of distance to Moon, Lunar Orbit Injection tomorrow

Following the trans-lunar injection, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft escaped from orbiting the Earth and began following a path that would take it to the vicinity of the moon.

August 04, 2023 / 20:38 IST
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The manoeuvre will be performed when Chandrayaan-3 is at the closest point to the Moon (perilune), ISRO said.
The manoeuvre will be performed when Chandrayaan-3 is at the closest point to the Moon (perilune), ISRO said.

Since its launch on  July 14, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has travelled around two-thirds of the distance to the Moon, according to ISRO on August 3.
ISRO has lifted the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into orbits more and farther away from Earth in the three weeks thereafter, and on August 1 in a vital manoeuvre — a slingshot move — the probe was successfully pushed towards the Moon from Earth's orbit. on the trans-lunar injection, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft exited Earth's orbit and began on a route that would take it to the moon's vicinity.
On August 5, the spacecraft will be inserted into Moon orbit in another critical move. The Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) is scheduled at roughly 7 PM on August 5, according to the national space agency, which is headquartered in Bengaluru.
According to ISRO, the move will be carried out when Chandrayaan-3 is nearest to the Moon (perilune). It also said that India's third lunar mission will attempt a soft landing on the lunar surface on August 23. So far, the mission is in excellent condition.

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first published: Aug 4, 2023 04:07 pm

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