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Chandrayaan-3 update: Vikram Lander completes final deboosting operation; all eyes on landing now..
Vikram Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 has successfully completed its second and final deboosting On August 18, Chandrayaan-3s Vikram Lander successfully completed its first deboosting Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to begin its powered descent at 5:45 pm on August 23..
Chandrayaan-3 update: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday (August 20) announced that the Vikram Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 has successfully completed its second and final deboosting, reducing the Lander Module orbit to 25km x 134km in the wee hours of Sunday...
On August 18, Chandrayaan-3s Vikram Lander successfully completed its first deboosting operation at 4 pm, reducing the modules orbit to 113 km x 157 km..
And currently, the Chandrayaan-3 mission is in the most critical phase, as there are only a few days left before the lander module will make an attempt to do a soft landing on the south polar region of the Moon on August 23...
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