NE SCIENCE & TECH BUREAU
BENGALURU, JULY 20
ISRO scientists on Thursday successfully performed the fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from here. They performed the manoeuvre from the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC).
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
India celebrates #InternationalMoonDay 2023 by propelling Chandrayaan-3
a step closer to the Moon
The fourth orbit-raising maneuver (Earth-bound perigee firing) is performed successfully from ISTRAC/ISRO, Bengaluru.
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The next firing is planned for July 25 between 2 pm and 3 pm, the national space agency headquartered here said. India celebrates the International Moon Day 2023 by propelling Chandrayaan-3 a step closer to the Moon, it added.
- The next firing is planned for July 25 between 2 pm and 3 pm
- The soft landing of the craft on the lunar surface is planned for August 23
The Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon was launched on July 14.
“…craft is on way to the Moon. In another few days it will go (the lander will soft-land on the Lunar surface),” ISRO Chairman Somanath S said earlier in the day while delivering the inaugural address to the Space Science Technology & AwaReness Training (START) programme 2023.
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“I am sure that you will find something very substantial through this (Chandrayaan-3) mission as far as science is concerned,” he said.
The soft landing of the craft on the lunar surface is planned for August 23.
