Chandrayaan-3: First orbit-raising manoeuvre efficiently carried out, says ISRO 

By PTI

CHENNAI: Scientists on the Indian Space Research Organisation efficiently carried out the primary orbit-raising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Saturday, the house company mentioned.

The well being of the spacecraft was “normal”, ISRO mentioned in a social media publish.

Chandrayaan-3 is now in an orbit, which when closest to Earth is at 173 kilometres and farthest from Earth is at 41,762 km.

“Chandrayaan-3 Mission replace: The spacecraft’s well being is regular. The first orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earthbound firing-1) was efficiently carried out at ISTRAC/ISRO, Bengaluru.

Spacecraft is now in 41762kms x 173kms orbit,” Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO mentioned and shared the picture of the spacecraft that’s anticipated to make a number of manoeuvres forward of its last descent to land on the south pole of the Moon.

ISRO, on July 14, efficiently launched the third version of its lunar exploration programme from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, geared toward making a smooth touchdown on the unexplored south pole of the Moon that might assist India obtain a uncommon feat.

Only three nations — the United States, China and Russia — have managed to land on the lunar floor to this point.

Earlier within the day, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre S Unnikrishnan Nair mentioned scientists at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru could be engaged within the firing of the onboard thrusters connected to Chandrayaan-3 from Saturday onwards, taking the spacecraft additional away from Earth on a vital 41-day section to make the smooth touchdown on Moon.

“Today onwards, the onboard thrusters will be fired and Chandrayaan-3 will be taken away from Earth for an eventful landing on Moon’s surface on August 23,” Nair mentioned.

“The vehicle system has performed extremely well. Because of that, whatever the initial conditions the spacecraft needed, we have provided very precisely,” he informed reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

Following the profitable launch of LVM3-M4 rocket carrying Chandrayaan -3, its challenge director P Veeramuthuvel had mentioned on Friday that ISRO could be intently monitoring and controlling the spacecraft from ISTRAC.

“Many critical events are lined up, starting from Earth-bound manoeuvres, insertion into lunar orbit and separation of lander, a set of deboost manoeuvres, and finally the power descent phase for a soft landing (on the lunar surface),” Veeramuthuvel mentioned.

CHENNAI: Scientists on the Indian Space Research Organisation efficiently carried out the primary orbit-raising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Saturday, the house company mentioned.

The well being of the spacecraft was “normal”, ISRO mentioned in a social media publish.

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“Chandrayaan-3 Mission replace: The spacecraft’s well being is regular. The first orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earthbound firing-1) was efficiently carried out at ISTRAC/ISRO, Bengaluru.

Spacecraft is now in 41762kms x 173kms orbit,” Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO mentioned and shared the picture of the spacecraft that’s anticipated to make a number of manoeuvres forward of its last descent to land on the south pole of the Moon.

ISRO, on July 14, efficiently launched the third version of its lunar exploration programme from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, geared toward making a smooth touchdown on the unexplored south pole of the Moon that might assist India obtain a uncommon feat.

Only three nations — the United States, China and Russia — have managed to land on the lunar floor to this point.

Earlier within the day, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre S Unnikrishnan Nair mentioned scientists at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru could be engaged within the firing of the onboard thrusters connected to Chandrayaan-3 from Saturday onwards, taking the spacecraft additional away from Earth on a vital 41-day section to make the smooth touchdown on Moon.

“Today onwards, the onboard thrusters will be fired and Chandrayaan-3 will be taken away from Earth for an eventful landing on Moon’s surface on August 23,” Nair mentioned.

“The vehicle system has performed extremely well. Because of that, whatever the initial conditions the spacecraft needed, we have provided very precisely,” he informed reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

Following the profitable launch of LVM3-M4 rocket carrying Chandrayaan -3, its challenge director P Veeramuthuvel had mentioned on Friday that ISRO could be intently monitoring and controlling the spacecraft from ISTRAC.

“Many critical events are lined up, starting from Earth-bound manoeuvres, insertion into lunar orbit and separation of lander, a set of deboost manoeuvres, and finally the power descent phase for a soft landing (on the lunar surface),” Veeramuthuvel mentioned.