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| Lowering Chandrayaan-3 from 100 km Orbit Very Critical Phase: ISRO Chief | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 7: India's third lunar mission – Chandrayaan-3 – is in good health and its most critical phase will be the orbit determination process when the spacecraft starts moving closer to the moon from the 100 km circular orbit, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath said on Monday.
Launched on July 14 by the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 rocket, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is now placed in a 170 km by 4,313 km elliptical orbit around the moon, and a series of maneuvers are planned for August 9 and 17 to place it in a 100 km circular orbit.
The Vikram lander is expected to descend on the moon on August 23.
"Up to 100 km, we do not see any difficulty. The issues are only an estimation of the position of the lander accurately from Earth. This measurement is a very critical measurement, we call it the orbit determination process. If it is correct, the rest of the process can be done," Mr Somanath said.
"We are able to bring it down very correctly this time. The orbit changes are happening as planned. There is no deviation. So, it shows excellent results and we are hoping that all will be fine," the ISRO chairman said.
He said the experience from Chandrayaan-2, the 2019 mission that was a partial success, was proving to be very useful as the space agency attempted to land a spacecraft on the moon. |
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