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July 25th, 2023
Image credit: ISRO
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon lander/rover mission continues to chalk up success in raising its orbit, leading to the spacecraft’s upcoming TransLunar Injection (TLI) maneuver.
Chandrayaan-3’s TLI is reportedly scheduled for early August 1, Indian Standard Time.
Image credit: ISRO
If successful, the Moon explorer will then go into lunar orbit, perform a series of maneuvers, followed by a soft landing attempt on the Moon by late August, according to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Target for landing
India’s lunar lander is headed for the southern region of the Moon’s near side, soft landing about 13 miles (20 kilometers) west of Manzinus U crater rim.
India’s lunar lander/rover target zone. Image credit: Quickmap.lroc.asu.edu/projections
Given a safe and sound touchdown on the Moon, India would join an elite group of successful lunar landing countries: the former Soviet Union (now Russia), the United States, and China.
Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota and has now completed its fifth orbit raising maneuver prior to the crucial TLI burn.
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