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Chandrayaan-3, India’s ambitious mission to explore the Moon, has reached a major milestone by leaving Earth’s orbit and starting its important trip to the Moon. After completing its trans-lunar injection (TLI), the spaceship is presently in a lunar transfer orbit and travelling towards the Moon.
The Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI), which is set to happen tomorrow (August 5), is the next important step in the journey. It will mark the start of the lunar-centric phase. During this phase, the spacecraft will make four orbits around the Moon, getting closer to the surface of the Moon with each pass. The much-anticipated soft landing is scheduled for August 23. During this time, the lander will split from the module that moves it and try to land softly near the Moon’s south pole. For a safe landing, it’s crucial to use precise braking methods during this manoeuvre.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the moon.Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) set for Aug 5, 2023, around 19:00 Hrs. IST. pic.twitter.com/MhIOE65w3V
— ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2023
Before trying to land, the team will take detailed pictures of the landing site area to find safe zones that are free of dangers and other possible problems. In this complicated task, safety is the most important thing.
On July 14, the powerful Launch Vehicle Mark-3, also called the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk-III, took Chandrayaan-3 into orbit. This was done by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). After travelling for 40 days, the spacecraft is set to make history by landing softly near the south pole of the Moon. If it works, India will be the first country to make a soft landing in this area of the moon’s surface. It will also be the fourth country to do something like this.
This project is a follow-up to Chandrayaan-2. Its goal is to show how safe landings and rover operations on the moon’s surface can be done from start to finish. The spaceship has a lander and a rover that are carried by a propulsion module until they reach a 100 km orbit around the moon.
Chandrayaan-3’s propulsion module carries an important payload called ‘Spectro-polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth (SHAPE),’ which is meant to study spectral and polarimetric readings of Earth from the lunar orbit. This information will be very helpful for scientific study.
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