2023-08-21 ISRO mission Chandrayaan 3 update and landing status

Chandrayaan 3 Mission update

Chandrayaan-3 is the follow-up mission of ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 which was launched by LVM3 rocket on 14 July 2023 from Satish Dhawan Space Center Sri Harikota Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh

Soft landing on the Moon's the South Pole after that demonstrates Rover roving on the moon and studying the present particles, environment, magnetic field, etc, and sending it to Earth.

First of all, it will revolve around the earth, then by maneuvering it, it will revolve in the orbit of the moon, then with the deboosting maneuver technique, its orbit will be changed near to the moon, so that soft landing can be done.

Chandrayaan 3 is carrying two payloads Vikram Lander to make a soft landing on the Moon and Pragyan Rover to explore the Moon's South Pole by rover after landing.

After 3 times deboosting process, Vikram Lander is changing its orbit and orbiting 25 km above the moon, which will land on the moon on August 23, 2023, around 18:04 Hrs

Currently, Vikram Lander is moving in an orbit of 25 km minimum and 125 km maximum distance from the moon.

Second Landing Attempt