Chandrayaan 3 update: Chandrayaan-3 mission completes 5th Earth manoeuvre; Slingshot to Moon on August 1 | India News – Times of India

[ad_1] Isro scientists on Monday completed the fifth Earth-bound manoeuvre to further increase Chandrayaan-3’s altitude and take it away from Earth. “The orbit-raising manoeuvre was performed successfully. The spacecraft is expected to attain an orbit of 1,27,609 km X 236 km. The achieved orbit will be confirmed after the observations,” Isro said.The fifth manoeuvre, which … Read more

Chandrayaan-3 to explore possibility of human habitat on Moon: Space minister | India News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Chandrayaan-3 mission, which was launched on Friday, “will take up the exploration of the Moon where India’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, left and in the process it will also look for resources that could sustain life” on the Earth’s natural satellite, Union space minister Jitendra Singh has said.In an interview to … Read more

Spacecraft: Chandrayaan-3 second Op around done, closest point to Earth (perigee) raised to around 220km – Times of India

[ad_1] Isro scientists on Sunday completed the second manoeuvre around Earth to push Chandrayaan-3‘s altitude at the closest point to Earth (perigee) in its current elliptical orbit. This was a minor operation compared to the one carried out Saturday. The onboard thrusters were fired for about 42 seconds and the perigee of Chandrayaan-3 is now … Read more

LVM3 Rocket: Watch: Passenger captures Chandrayaan-3 lift off from flight – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: While thousands witnessed the historic launch of India’s third Moon mission, an Indigo passenger flying from Chennai to Dhaka had a special view. He not only enjoyed the view from his window seat of Chandrayaan-3 as it soared majestically but also captured it. Friday saw the historic launch of Chandrayaan-3 on-board LVM3-M4 … Read more

Chandrayaan 3 Launch: Chandrayaan-3, Isro’s third lunar mission, successfully launched into orbit | India News – Times of India

[ad_1] SRIHARIKOTA: Isro on Friday successfully launched the LVM3 in its fourth operational mission and put the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into the intended orbit. The launch vehicle’s smooth performance — it placed the spacecraft in the precise orbit of 36,500km as planned — has added to Isro’s confidence, which has spent nearly four years planning its … Read more

Chandrayaan 3 Launch: Isro pins hopes on lessons from failure; definitive 1st orbit, larger landing site, better error corrections introduced | India News – Times of India

[ad_1] BENGALURU: Isro, which is attempting to launch Chandrayaan-3 at 2.35pm Friday onboard LVM3, has spent nearly four years — after Chandrayaan-2’s failure to soft-land — anticipating failure scenarios and ensuring they’re addressed. Among several changes introduced will be the first orbit Chandrayaan-3 gets injected into Friday, while most changes are in the last phase … Read more

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 Set To Launch On July 14; Know All About Its Godrej’s Connection

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With more fuel, fail-safe measures, Chandrayaan-3 to leap towards moon on Friday – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s third lunar mission, set for launch on Friday, is loaded with more fuel, a slew of safety measures and a bigger landing site, with ISRO saying it has opted for a “failure-based design” for the second attempt to ensure that the rover successfully lands on the moon even if some things … Read more