Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after achieving another milestone after the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3, on Friday announced that the Lander Module has successfully underwent the de-boosting operation.
Taking it to Twitter, ISRO announced, “The Lander Module (LM) health is normal. LM successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. The second de-boosting operation is scheduled for August 20, 2023, around 0200 Hrs. IST”
On August 17, the organisation also shared the images captured by the L1 camera soon after the separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module.
It is the process of slowing down to position itself in an orbit where the orbit’s closest point to the Moon (Perilune) is 30 km and the farthest point (the Apolune) is 100 km.
It is to be noted here the spacecraft that carried out the final lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre on Wednesday, will land on south pole of the moon on August 23.
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