{"id":7872,"date":"2023-08-05T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/indias-mission-now-closer-to-moon\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T15:29:09","slug":"indias-mission-now-closer-to-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=7872","title":{"rendered":"India’s Mission Now Closer To Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The next operation – reduction of orbit – will be done at 11 PM on Sunday, ISRO added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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India’s ambitious third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 was successfully inserted into the lunar orbit on Saturday, the ISRO said. The required maneuver was done from an ISRO facility, the city-headquartered space agency said in a tweet.<\/p>\n

“Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit. A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC ( ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network ) , Bengaluru,” the agency said in a tweet.<\/p>\n

Perilune is the spacecraft’s closest point to the moon.<\/p>\n

The next operation – reduction of orbit – will be done at 11 PM on Sunday, ISRO added.<\/p>\n

ISRO also shared a message from the satellite to its centres, which read,”MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity.” Over five moves in the three weeks since the launch on July 14, ISRO has been lifting the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into orbits farther and farther away from the Earth.<\/p>\n

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Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit.<\/p>\n

A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

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Then, on August 1 in a key maneuver — a slingshot move — the craft was sent successfully towards the Moon from Earth’s orbit.<\/p>\n

Following this trans-lunar injection, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft escaped from orbiting the Earth and began following a path that would take it to the vicinity of the moon.<\/p>\n

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