New Delhi, 20 July (Hindustan Times). Chandrayaan-3 has moved one step further towards the Moon on Thursday. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Thursday once again successfully completed the process of changing the orbit (Earthbound-firing-2) and sent Chandrayaan-3 to the fourth orbit of the Earth. ISRO will now send Chandrayaan-3 to the fifth and last orbit of the Earth on July 25 between 2-3 pm.
On Thursday, ISRO tweeted that India celebrated International Moon Day by bringing Chandrayaan-3 closer to the Moon. Chandrayaan-3’s fourth Earth orbit (Earth-bound perigee firing) has been successfully executed from Bengaluru. There is a plan to change the orbit of Chandrayaan-3 between 2 to 3 pm on July 25.
It is noteworthy that on July 14, ISRO successfully launched the third edition of its lunar exploration program from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The objective of the mission is to make a soft landing on the Moon, which will enable rare pictures and information of the Moon to be obtained.
