Chandrayaan-3 Launched: Set to Land on Moon in the Near Future
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The LVM3 rocket’s three stages performed exceptionally well, continuing its perfect record of 100% launch success. As a result, Chandrayaan-3 is now en route to the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 launches on LVM-3 from Sriharikota. (Image Source: ET)
In a textbook launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chandrayaan-3 was sent on a journey to the Moon.
The LVM-3 mission, with each of its three stages performing nominally, was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, continuing its record of 100% launch success.
Following the successful launch, the spacecraft carrying the Chandrayaan-3 mission was deployed into space after 900 seconds.
In the coming days, ISRO will perform orbit-raising maneuvers to put the spacecraft on its path to the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar mission, is set to arrive in lunar orbit on August 5, with the soft-landing attempt expected by the end of the month.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will begin decreasing the spacecraft’s orbit and reducing its altitude above the Moon, employing a technique known as Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI), to capture it using the Moon’s gravity.
Following this, ISRO will initiate the dangerous landing sequence, with the soft-landing scheduled for August 23.
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