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Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander is expected to undergo a crucial deboosting manoeuvre at 4 pm on Friday...
"The next Lander Module (Deorbit 1) manoeuvre is scheduled for tomorrow (August 18, 2023) around 1600 hrs IST," said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in a X (formerly Twitter) post yesterday while announcing the successful separation...
On Wednesday, the spacecraft carried out the final lunar-bound orbit reduction manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, a week ahead of its scheduled landing on the south pole of the moon on August 23...
During the Chandrayaan-1 mission, the satellite made more than 3,400 orbits around the moon and the mission was concluded when the communication with the spacecraft was lost on August 29, 2009, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)...
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath last week expressed confidence in the progress of the Chandrayaan 3, providing reassurance that all systems were operating as planned.. Chairman S Somanath stated, "Everything is going fine now..
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