Chandrayaan-3 shares first-ever images after entering Moon
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: August 7, 2023 11:47 AM2023-08-07T11:47:58+5:302023-08-07T11:47:58+5:30
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first visuals of the Moon as captured by Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission.
. The visuals were captured a day after the spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit. The video showed the Moon in bluish-green colour with many craters.
"The Moon, as viewed by Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023," tweeted the Mission's official Twitter handle and shared the video.
The second Lunar bound orbit maneuver for the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was performed successfully today (August 6), using the onboard propulsion system. The orbit achieved is 170 km x 4313 km. The next Lunar bound orbit maneuver is scheduled on August 9.
After the Sunday maneuver, there will be three more operations till August 17 following which the Landing Module Vikram carrying the rover Pragyan inside will break away from the Propulsion Module. After this, de-orbiting maneuvers will be carried on the lander before the final powered descent on the moon.
