Chandrayaan-3: ISRO notifies expected landing date on the Moon

India’s Moon lander and rover Chandrayaan 3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 5. The next operation, reduction of the orbit, is scheduled for August 06 at around 11 pm. The insertion was carried out by retro-burning at Perilune for 1835 seconds. The manoeuvre has resulted in an orbit of 164 km x 18074 km, as intended. A series of such manoeuvres have been planned to gradually reduce Chandrayaan-3’s orbit ISRO also said that a series of complex braking maneuvers will be executed to facilitate soft landing on Moon on Aug 23, 2023. Former ISRO scientist Tapan Misra explained about Lunar Orbit Insertion and the next process. Notably, Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission was launched on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.