Chandrayaan 3: Chandrayaan-3 Came Closer To Lunar Surface, Read in Detail
Chandrayaan 3: India's ambitious third lunar mission 'Chandrayaan-3' on Wednesday came closer to the lunar surface after undergoing another successful orbit reduction procedure. 'Chandrayaan-3' was launched on July 14 and entered the Moon's orbit on August 5. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said in a tweet, "closer to the lunar surface. After the procedure done today, the orbit of Chandrayaan-3 has been reduced to 174 km x 1437 km.
ISRO has said in a tweet. "Chandrayaan-3 has reached the third orbit of the Moon. He has come closer to the moon. After the procedure done today, the orbit of Chandrayaan-3 has been reduced to 174 km x 1437 km.
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Photos of the moon were released
ISRO told that the next operation of Chandrayaan will be on 14 August 2023. Not only this, ISRO is conducting a series of exercises to gradually lower the orbit of Chandrayaan-3 and position it above the lunar poles as the ambitious mission progresses. Earlier on August 5, when Chandrayaan-3 reached the first orbit of the Moon, it had released pictures of the Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July
Please tell that Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July. It was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh through the launch vehicle Mark-3. At that time officials had told that the propellant module would take the 'lander' and 'rover' to the orbit of the moon up to 100 km. It also carries a 'spectro-polarimetry' payload to study polar measurements of Earth from the Moon's orbit.
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Landing of Chandrayaan-2 could not be done
Significantly, on September 7, 2019, India's second lunar mission 'Chandrayaan-2' could not make a soft landing on the lunar surface. It was to land near the south pole of the Moon's surface. He lost contact with the lander Vikram when it was about to land on the lunar surface. Prime Minister Modi had also reached the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru at that time to witness the historic moment.