ISRO successfully performs 5th orbit-raising manoeuvre- The New Indian Express

By PTI

BENGALURU: ISRO on Tuesday efficiently carried out the fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from the ISRO Telemetry, Monitoring and Command Community (ISTRAC) right here.

“The spacecraft is anticipated to achieve an orbit of 127609 km X 236 km. The achieved orbit will probably be confirmed after the observations,” the nationwide house company headquartered right here stated.

“The subsequent firing, the TransLunar Injection (TLI) is deliberate for August 1, 2023 between 12 midnight and 1 am IST,” added ISRO, which had launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon on July 14.

An ISRO official informed PTI that following the TLI, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft would escape from orbiting the Earth and observe a path that will take it to the neighborhood of the Moon.

In different phrases, the spacecraft would start its journey in the direction of the Moon on August 1, after leaving the Earth’s orbit following the TLI manoeuvre, which might place it on “lunar switch trajectory”.

ISRO has stated it will try soft-landing of the lander on the Moon’s floor on August 23.

<br /> BENGALURU: ISRO on Tuesday efficiently carried out the fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from the ISRO Telemetry, Monitoring and Command Community (ISTRAC) right here.</p> <p>“The spacecraft is anticipated to achieve an orbit of 127609 km X 236 km. The achieved orbit will probably be confirmed after the observations,” the nationwide house company headquartered right here stated.</p> <p>“The subsequent firing, the TransLunar Injection (TLI) is deliberate for August 1, 2023 between 12 midnight and 1 am IST,” added ISRO, which had launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon on July 14.googletag.cmd.push(perform() {googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });</p> <p>An ISRO official informed PTI that following the TLI, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft would escape from orbiting the Earth and observe a path that will take it to the neighborhood of the Moon.</p> <p>In different phrases, the spacecraft would start its journey in the direction of the Moon on August 1, after leaving the Earth’s orbit following the TLI manoeuvre, which might place it on “lunar switch trajectory”.</p> <p>ISRO has stated it will try soft-landing of the lander on the Moon’s floor on August 23.<br />