A fortnight after its successful launch from sriharikota chandrian 3 completed its orbit around the Earth and headed towards the moon for the next phase of the mission the Indian space research organization announced with this chandrian 3 commenced its 3.8 lakh kilometer Journey To The Moon the lunar orbit insertion Loi is planned for August 5th the Indian space
research organization said the lunar injection was conducted between 12 am and 12 30 am on Monday Israel official said that the chandrian 3 mission has stuck to schedule and the spacecraft itself is currently normal is reinformed about the same via tweet which read chandrian 3 completes its orbit around
the Earth and head towards the moon a successful perigee firing performed at its track ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the trans lunar orbit next stop the moon as it arrives at the moon the lunar orbit insertion is planned for August 5th 2023. Prior to this the orbit of the spacecraft had been
systematically raised in five stages following its launch on July 14 from Satish tawan space station in sriharikota chandrian 3 was successfully launched into orbit by ISRO onward launch vehicle Mark III formerly known as geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle MK3 after a 40-day flight the
spacecraft is expected to make a soft landing near the moon's South Pole making India the fourth country to land on the surface of the Moon and the first country to make a soft landing near the lunar South Pole this Mission Builds on chandrian 2's achievements by reaching the moon's orbit Landing a
soft Lander on the lunar surface and deploying a Rover to study the lunar surface chandrian 3 carries scientific instruments designed to study various aspects of the lunar surface including the thermophysical properties of the lunar regolith lunar seismicity the lunar surface plasma environment and the elemental composition in the vicinity of the landing site of the Moon .
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