Update on Chandrayaan 3: Chandrayaan-3 is only one step away from landing on the moon today. ISRO will announce another triumph

 Update on Chandrayaan 3: Chandrayaan-3 is only one step away from landing on the moon today. ISRO will announce another triumph

The Chandrayaan-3 mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) appears to be successful. On August 23, in the early hours, Chandrayaan-3 is anticipated to land gently on the moon. Chandrayaan-3 is the subject of high anticipation across the whole nation.

Bangalore. On Wednesday, Chandrayaan-3, India's ambitious Moon mission, successfully inserted itself into the only satellite of the planet's fifth and final orbit, putting it even closer to the Moon's surface.

According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chandrayaan-3 has now successfully reached the Moon and is getting ready to detach the propulsion module from the landing module.

Entry into the Moon's range has been completed

"Today's successful operation was necessary for a brief period of time," the ISRO wrote on X (previously Twitter). As a result, Chandrayaan-3 was placed in the Moon's orbit, which was 153 km by 163 km as calculated by us. The procedure of moving into the Moon's range was then accomplished. The lander and propulsion module are now prepared to detach.

According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3's lander module and propulsion module will be separated on August 17. After being launched on July 14, Chandrayaan-3 entered the Moon's orbit on August 5.

On August 23, a soft landing will be attempted

Following this, it continued to approach the Moon, entering subsequent lunar orbits on August 6, 9, and 14. The lander will likely undergo a "deboost" (slowing down procedure) after separation to put it in an orbit where the perilune (closest point to the moon) and apolune (farthest point from the moon) are both 30 km apart. 100 km separate point). ISRO stated that starting from this location on August 23, the vehicle will

The inclination of Chandrayaan-3 is roughly 90 degrees

S. Somnath, chairman of ISRO, recently stated that the ability to move the vehicle from horizontal to vertical is the "process where we have to show our capability" and that bringing the lander's velocity from an altitude of 30 km to the final landing is the most crucial part of the landing. "The velocity at the start of the landing process is about 1.68 km/s, but this speed is horizontal to the lunar surface," Somnath remarked. Chandrayaan-3 has to be made upright because it is now about 90 degrees inclined. Mathematically, the entire process of switching from a horizontal to a vertical orientation is quite intriguing. This procedure has been performed multiple times.

We ran into issues here the first time (Chandrayaan-2).

On July 14, ISRO launched Chandrayaan 3

In addition to this, he continued, it must be assured that the fuel consumption is low, the distance computation is accurate, and other mathematical factors are accurate. According to Somnath, several simulations (exercises) have been performed, and new guiding designs have been created. At each of these steps, several algorithms are put in place to regulate the essential procedure and attempt to accomplish a fair landing.

 In the three weeks after its launch on July 14, ISRO has phased Chandrayaan-3 into more than five orbits around the Moon. The vehicle was successfully launched from the Earth's orbit towards the Moon on August 1 in a significant operation.

The following Chandrayaan-2 mission is Chandrayaan-3

A follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2 (2019), Chandrayaan-3 aims to show that it is possible to land and orbit the moon safely from start to finish. It is made up of a lander module, a rover, and an indigenous propulsion module that are intended to develop and demonstrate new technologies needed for interplanetary missions. With the exception of the propulsion module, the lander and rover arrangement is located 100 kilometres from the lunar orbit. Its 'Spectro-Polarimeter of Habitable Planet Earth' (SHAP) payload measures the Earth's spectral and polar metric properties from the Moon's orbit.

Reactions from the former head of ISRO on Chandrayaan-3's preliminary success

Former ISRO Chairman K.K. Sivan, who oversaw the space agency during the second lunar mission and expressed delight over the Chandrayaan-3 project's so far good progress, said the lander striking the lunar surface on August 23 will be "a big moment that we have been waiting for." He said that Chandrayaan 2 had likewise successfully completed all of these steps, but that the mission had not met its objectives because a "issue" had come to light during the second stage of landing.

The former president expressed confidence in Chandrayaan 3's success

"Now there will undoubtedly be more worry about the landing process," he added. The previous attempt did not succeed. Everyone is anticipating that wonderful occasion at this time. Because we are aware of the Chandrayaan 2 failures, I am confident that it will be a success.We have fixed that, and more margin has been introduced wherever there was less margin, Sivan said. We anticipate that the mission will be successful this time. We have a lot of faith in it. The mission's goals are to show a safe and gentle landing on the moon's surface, walk the rover on the moon, and carry out scientific investigations there.

No issues will arise with Chandrayaan-3

Sivan stated, "Yesterday's procedure is highly essential because any action in space is vital activity. Yesterday's separation of the lander and propulsion module was very important. Chandrayaan-3 will be divided into two components by tomorrow's space activity: the lander and its propulsion system. This is really crucial, and we are hoping that everything will proceed as planned and without incident.

On August 23, the trip to the moon will start early that morning

According to Dr. M. Annadurai, project director of Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar mission, the lander will go through its initial inspections after the propulsion module bids the lander farewell. He stated, "Other sensors also need to be checked, in addition to the four main thrusters, which will enable the lander to land gently on the lunar surface. The voyage to the moon will start in the early hours of August 23 once it (the lander) moves into an orbit of 100 km by 30 km.

The Moon's surface will be examined by the Lander and Rover

The lander will be able to make a soft landing on a specified area of the moon and will be able to move about while deploying a rover that will conduct in-situ chemical analyses of the lunar surface. Both the lander and the rover are equipped with scientific packages for lunar surface research.