Chandrayaan-3 | Lander Module to touch down on Moon on August 23 evening: ISRO
The Hindu
The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is set to touch down on the Moon on August 23 around 6.04 p.m. IST, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is set to touch down on the Moon on August 23 around 6.04 p.m. IST, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The powered descent is expected to commence at 5.45 p.m. on the designated day.
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Earlier on August 20, the ISRO performed the second and final deebost of the Lander Module to reduce the Lander Module to 25 km x 134 km.
The ISRO said that the module would undergo internal checks and await the sun-rise at the designated landing site.
On August 18, the ISRO successfully performed the first deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. This was performed the day after the lander module separated from the propulsion module after a 34-day long journey towards the Moon.
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