ISRO injects Chandrayaan-3 into translunar orbit

Category : Science and Tech Published on: August 03 2023

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The TransLunar Injection (TLI) was performed successfully from ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru.
Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the Earth and heads towards the Moon.
A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit,” the space agency said.
The Chandrayaan-3 is expected to reach the lunar orbit on August 5 and the spacecraft’s liquid engine will be fired again to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit.
The Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) is planned for Aug 5, 2023,” ISRO added.
After this there will be four orbit maneuvers to make the spacecraft enter into its final orbit at a distance of about 100 km from the Moon’s surface.
The Chandrayaan-3 consists of an Lander module (LM), Propulsion module (PM) and a Rover.