An ISRO official told PTI that following Tuesday’s trans-lunar injection (TLI), the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft escaped from orbiting the earth and is now following a path that would take it to the vicinity of the moon
ISRO said a successful perigee-firing manoeuvre performed at the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network here – between midnight and 1 am – has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit. With the manoeuvre, the mission has entered a five-day transfer trajectory phase before it progresses to its moon-centric phase.
“As it arrives at the moon, the Lunar-Orbit Injection (LOI) is planned for August 5, 2023,” ISRO said.
The 2145.01-kg propulsion module will carry the lander and rover from the injection orbit to a 100-km lunar orbit.
Through a series of manoeuvres in the moon-centric phase, the space agency proposes to bring the spacecraft to the 100-km circular orbit and attempt a landing on August 23.
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