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The next Chandrayaan-3 operation by ISRO is scheduled for August 14, 2023, between 11:30 and 12:30 Hrs IST

ISRO is working on the Aditya-L1, which is the first Indian space mission to observe the Sun and the solar corona. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which was launched on July 14, has been successfully inserted into lunar orbit. The lander is expected to touch down on the lunar surface on August…

There will be three more moon-bound manoeuvres till August 17, 2023 following which Chandrayaan-3’s lander and rover will break away from the propulsion module.

The video was released hours before the second major manoeuvre which is to take place on late August 6 night.

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ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 entered the lunar orbit on August 5. The spacecraft has covered two-thirds of the distance to the Moon. Minister Jitendra Singh assures "nothing to worry" as the landing will occur in a week. ISRO will perform manoeuvre when Chandrayaan-3's orbit is closest to the Moon.

Chandrayaan-3 is the ISRO's follow-up attempt after the Chandrayaan-2 mission faced challenges during its soft landing on the lunar surface in 2019 and was eventually deemed to have failed its core mission objectives. Read further on Dynamite news:

On August 5, the Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI) will take place around 7 p.m. IST. At that point, the spacecraft is expected to be embedded in an orbit around the moon.

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft health is reported to be normal and it has entered the moon’s sphere of influence following the TransLunar Injection (TLI).