HIGHLIGHTS | ISRO Mission Chandrayaan 3: Lander Vikram Successfully Undergoes Deboosting Operation, Health Normal Says ISRO

ISRO Chandrayaan 3 LIVE UPDATES: Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover Successfully Detached from Propulsion Module on Thursday. Anticipated Soft Moon Landing Scheduled for August 23rd

ISRO Mission Chandrayaan 3 LIVE

Chandrayaan 3 LIVE: India's third mission to the Moon achieved an important step on Thursday. The part of the mission that will land on the Moon, called the Lander Module, which includes the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, was separated from the part that provides propulsion.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) explained that after the separation, the lander will slow down to position itself in an orbit where it's closest to the Moon at 30 km and farthest at 100 km. This is the orbit from which they will try to softly land on the Moon's south pole, planned for August 23. The propulsion part will keep going in its current path, collecting research information for months or even years.

Chandrayaan 3: Launch Date

Chandrayaan-3 was launched into space by the LVM3 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 14 and entered lunar orbit on August 5.

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19 August 2023

00:44 IST

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE Updates: Interesting Facts About The Lunar Mission

- It has been a month and three days since ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14. The spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota.

- The approved cost of Chandrayaan-3 is ₹250 crore (excluding launch vehicle cost).

- Chandrayaan-3 is equipped with a lander, a rover, and a propulsion module. It weighs around 3,900 kilograms.

- The mission life is 1 lunar day, that is 14 Earth days

18:25 IST

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE: When will Indian spacecraft land on Moon

Chandrayaan-3 is speculated to land on Moon on 23 August (Wednesday) or 24 August (Thursday).

17:11 IST

Chandrayaan 3 UPDATES: Next Deboosting Of Vikram Lander On Sunday

ISRO on Friday said that Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module has successfully undergone a deboosting (slowing down) operation taking it closer to the Moon, and that its health is normal. The Lander Module comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), will undergo the second deboosting operation on August 20, to be lowered to an orbit that takes it much closer to the Moon's surface. The soft landing on the Lunar south pole is scheduled on August 23. 

16:22 IST

ISRO Chandrayaan 3 Live Updates: Latest Pictures

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:

View from the Lander Imager (LI) Camera-1
on August 17, 2023
just after the separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module #Chandrayaan_3 #Ch3 pic.twitter.com/abPIyEn1Ad

— ISRO (@isro) August 18, 2023

16:18 IST

Chandrayaan 3 Live Updates: Lander Vikram successfully undergoes deboosting operation, says ISRO

15:30 IST

Chandrayaan-3 News Live: Estimated Cost of the ISRO's Chandrayaan Mission 

The approved cost of Chandrayaan-3 is ₹250 crores (excluding launch vehicle cost). According to mediareports, the launch services cost around ₹365 crore.

15:28 IST

Chandrayaan 3 Live Updates: 30 Km Distance

ISRO Chairman had said earlier that the most critical part of the landing is the process of bringing the velocity of the lander from 30 km height to the final landing and the ability to transfer the spacecraft from horizontal to vertical direction.

14:41 IST

Chandrayaan-3 Live Updates: 'Tilting The Lander!' Biggest Challenge

ISRO Chairman has revealed that the critical part during the soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft would be the direction of the spacecraft. He said the velocity at the start of the landing process is almost 1.68 km per second, but this speed is horizontal to the surface of the moon. The Chandrayaan-3 here is tilted almost 90 degrees, it has to become vertical. "The ability to transfer the spacecraft from horizontal to vertical direction is the 'trick we have to play' here," ISRO Chairman said.

14:12 IST

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE: Spacecraft Update 

Chandrayaan-3 LIVE: On Friday, the Lander module comprising Vikram and rover Pragyan will descend to lower orbit by evening. This will put the lander in a place where the Perilune (closest point to the Moon) is 30 kilometres and Apolune (farthest point from the Moon) is 100 km.

13:36 IST

Chandrayaan 3 LIVE UPDATES: Future Challenges

The key challenge before ISRO is to decrease the velocity of the lander when it begins its descent from a height of 30 km to the final landing (position). Another challenge is to transfer the spacecraft from a horizontal to a vertical direction is the "trick we have to play", ISRO chairman S Somanath had explained earlier.

13:14 IST

Mission Chandrayaan-3: India To Be The First To Land On Moon's South Pole 

The landing on the Moon's south pole differs from landings in other parts due to its distinct geology. No Moon missions have achieved a soft landing on the South Pole before, and India's aim to accomplish this with the current – Chandrayaan-3 mission – will mark a historic achievement in the field of space exploration.

12:39 IST

Chandryaan 3 LIVE Updates: India's Total Satellites Around Moon

Now India has three satellites around the Moon, says ISRO. 

12:34 IST

Mission Chandrayaan-3 LIVE: Objectives Of The Indian Moon Mission

- Safe and soft landing demonstration on the lunar surface

- Rover roving demonstration on the moon

- Execution of in-situ scientific experiments

12:18 IST

ISRO Chandrayaan 3 LIVE: Important Mission For India

If the Chandrayaan-3 mission succeeds in landing a robotic rover on the Moon, it will be India's second attempt in four years. If successful, India will join a small group of countries – the US, China, and the former Soviet Union – that have mastered the technology of landing gently on the Moon's surface. Another country, Russia, is also getting ready to land its spacecraft, Luna-25, on the Moon's south pole next week. The interesting part is that both Luna-25 and Chandrayaan-3 are planning to land around the same time – Luna-25 between August 21-23 and Chandrayaan-3 between August 23-24. This close timing has created a lot of excitement among scientists all over the world.

12:15 IST

Chandrayaan 3 Live Updates: Lander Vikram To Undergo ‘Deboost’ From Today

After the separation from the Propulsion Module on Thursday, the lander Vikram will now commence the process of “deboosting” – slowing down – for a soft landing on the lunar surface (at south pole). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the lander is scheduled to touch down next Wednesday (August 23).