Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander underwent a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descended to a slightly lower orbit on Friday, after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module the day before.
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander is about to undergo a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descend to a slightly lower orbit on Friday, after successfully getting separated from the propulsion module the day before.
Deboosting is the process of slowing down to position itself in an orbit where the orbit's closest point to the Moon (Perilune) is 30 km and the farthest point (the Apolune) is 100 km.
The former ISRO scientist and Padma Shri awardee said that the Vikram lander now has to take its own action and further it has to separate after which the major event comes.
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission marked another giant leap in its lunar quest as the 'Vikram' lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module on Thursday.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission has charted a course for the separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module, scheduled to take place on August 17, 2023.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Chandrayaan-3 is in an advanced stage of realisation and it is targeted to be launched in the second quarter of the financial year 2022-2023, Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.