Today is the planned day for the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 to split from the spacecraft's propulsion module.The Pragyaan
lander and rover are scheduled to touchdown on the Moon on August 23. When the
Vikram lander touches down on the Moon, it will take pictures of the Pragyaan
rover, which will deploy its tools to examine seismic activity there.
The spacecraft will now get ready to detach the Vikram
lander from the propulsion module after finishing its lunar-bound maneuvers.
@isro |
"Today's successful firing, needed for a short duration, has put Chandrayaan-3 into an orbit of 153 km x 163 km, as intended. With this, the lunar-bound manoeuvres are completed. It's time for preparations as the Propulsion Module and the Lander Module gear up for their separate journeys,"said by ISRO ON X.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
— ISRO (@isro) August 16, 2023
Today’s successful firing, needed for a short duration, has put Chandrayaan-3 into an orbit of 153 km x 163 km, as intended.
With this, the lunar bound maneuvres are completed.
It’s time for preparations as the Propulsion Module and the Lander Module… pic.twitter.com/0Iwi8GrgVR
The propulsion module will keep traveling in the same orbit
once the Vikram lander separates from the spaceship. The Vikram lander will
then make an attempt at a soft landing on the Moon's surface on August 23.
On July 14, the LVM3 rocket from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan
Space Center launched Chandrayaan-3 into orbit. The spacecraft entered lunar
orbit on August 5 and is scheduled to land on the moon on August 23.
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