Chandrayaan-3's entry into the moon's orbit, now only waiting to create history on August 23

Chandrayaan 3 Mission: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14, since then people's interest has remained in the journey of Chandrayaan-3. Everyone is curious to know about its current status, how close the spacecraft has reached to the moon. Actually, the vehicle has achieved another goal. According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3 entered the Moon's orbit this evening. This means that it has gone into the circular orbit of the Moon and will start revolving around the Earth's natural satellite.

Chandrayaan-3 has covered two-thirds of the Moon's distance and now the mission has entered a critical phase, which is raising the heartbeat of the scientists working on it. At the same time, everything is going smoothly according to its schedule. The ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru has performed the Lunar Orbit Injection, which means that the spacecraft was placed in the Moon's orbit.

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the moon.

Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) set for Aug 5, 2023, around 19:00 Hrs. IST. pic.twitter.com/MhIOE65w3V

— ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2023

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the Earth and heads towards the Moon.

A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit.

Next stop: the Moon 🌖

As it arrives at the moon, the… pic.twitter.com/myofWitqdi

— ISRO (@isro) July 31, 2023

Propulsion module will study the radiation coming from the earth

Before this, the spacecraft went ahead completing 5 orbits of the earth. Chandrayaan-3 mission has lander, rover and propulsion module, which will orbit the moon by 16 August. After this, on August 17, the propulsion module will be separated from the lander, which will gather information about the radiations coming from the Earth while being present in the Moon's orbit. At the same time, moving forward, the lander will land on the moon on 23 August. The lander has been named "Vikram".

The names of the lander and rover have been taken from the previous mission Chandrayaan-2. The lander has been named after Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space program. This mission will work equal to one day of the moon. If we compare it with the Earth, then it is equal to 14 days.

Vikram Lander weighs 1749 kg

Many sensors have been installed to ensure the safe landing of the lander. Its weight including the rover is about 1,749 kg. It has side-mounted solar panels, which can generate 738 watts of power and will study the Moon's south pole. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the landing of Vikram Lander because at the same time the Chandrayaan-2 mission failed and the lander could not land properly and contact was lost.