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Chandrayaan-3’s Most Crucial Phase About To Begin, Last 100 KMs Left

According to Isro chief S Somanath, Chandrayaan-3 will enter its most crucial phase when it starts to approach the moon from the 100 km circular orbit.

The third expedition doing well

Between August 9 and August 17, Chandrayaan-3’s orbit determination procedure will be scheduled to place the spacecraft in a 100 km circular orbit.
Overall, the third lunar expedition from India is doing well, according to Somanath.

The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which was launched on July 14 by the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 rocket, is currently in a 170 km by 4,313 km elliptical orbit around the moon.
A series of maneuvers will be made during the next crucial phase to bring it closer to the lunar surface.

Moon touchdown

On August 23, the Vikram lander is anticipated to touch down on the moon.

“We don’t see any issue for the first 100 kilometers. The only problem is with precisely estimating the lander’s position from Earth. This measurement, which we refer to as the orbit determination process, is extremely important. The rest of the procedure can be completed if it is accurate, Somanath instructed.

Also read: India’s Heartbeat Races As Chandrayaan 3 Is To Enter Moon’s Orbit Today!

“This time, we can bring it down quite precisely. The orbital modifications are proceeding according to plan. No deviation exists. As a result, it displays outstanding results, and we are hopeful everything will be alright.

He claimed that while the space agency prepared to land a spacecraft on the moon, the lessons learned from the 2019 mission Chandrayaan-2, which was only partially successful, were proving to be extremely helpful.

“The experience from Chandrayaan-2 would be very beneficial. We went over everything that might have gone wrong in great detail. We completely revised Chandrayaan-3 and rebuilt the situation, according to Somanath.

Also read: Chandrayaan-3 Live Coverage: Indian Spacecraft On The Verge Of Entering Moon’s Orbit

He claimed that Chandrayaan-3 utilized lunar photos from the Chandrayaan-2 mission for better positioning and enlarging the landing area estimations.

“We have accumulated more intelligence to deal with failure and contingencies. To validate everything, we conducted a rigorous testing procedure, Somanath said.
Isro published the first pictures of the moon that Chandrayaan-3 had taken on Sunday.
The breathtaking pictures were captured on Saturday when the spacecraft reached the Moon’s orbit.

Srushti Sharma

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