Chandrayaan-3: First orbit-raising manoeuvre successfully performed, says ISRO

Chandrayaan-3: First orbit-raising manoeuvre successfully performed, says ISRO

• The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully raised the orbit of the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft yesterday. In this first orbit raising manoeuvre through Earth-bound firing, the spacecraft was placed in 41,782 into 173 kms orbit.
• It means that the Chandrayaan 3 is now rotating Earth in an orbit which is the closest to Earth at 173 km and farthest from it at 41,782 km. ISRO sources said, the spacecraft's health is normal.
• During its 42 days journey to the Moon, the three other orbit-raising manoeuvres around Earth are planned on 18th, 20th and 25th of July.
• The Spacecraft will move towards the Moon on the intervening night of the 31st of July and the 1st of August when the Earth-bound manoeuvres will end and trans-lunar ion will take place.
• The spacecraft will be captured by the Moon and the propulsion module will go around the Moon in a 100 km lunar orbit.

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Published date : 17 Jul 2023 06:07PM