India's Chandrayaan-3 is set to make a significant move in its journey towards the Moon's surface today. The Indian Space Research Organization has announced that the spacecraft will lower its orbit around the Moon on August 14 just before afternoon today. This maneuver will bring the spacecraft even closer to the Moon's surface, lower than 1,437 km, where it currently is. Launched from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Center on July 14, 2023, Chandrayaan-3 has been steadily progressing towards its goal of conducting a successful soft landing on the Moon. The spacecraft is currently about 1,437 kilometers away from the Moon, and this upcoming operation will bring it significantly closer. The procedures leading up to the soft landing are intricate and carefully planned. They consist of three stages - Earth orbit maneuvers, Trans-lunar injection, and Lunar orbit maneuvers.
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00:00 India's Chandrayaan-3 is set to make a significant move in its journey towards the
00:06 Moon's surface today.
00:08 The Indian Space Research Organisation has announced that the spacecraft will lower its
00:12 orbit around the Moon today just before afternoon.
00:15 This manoeuvre will bring the spacecraft even closer to the Moon's surface, lower than
00:20 1,437 km where it currently is.
00:25 Launched from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 14, Chandrayaan-3 has
00:29 been steadily progressing towards its goal of conducting a successful soft landing on
00:33 the Moon.
00:35 The spacecraft is currently about 1,437 km away and this upcoming operation will bring
00:41 it significantly closer.
00:43 The procedures leading up to the soft landing are intricate and carefully planned.
00:48 They consist of three stages - Earth orbit manoeuvres, trans-lunar injection and lunar
00:53 orbit manoeuvres.
00:55 Once these stages have been completed, the lander separates from the propulsion module
00:59 and enters an orbit closer to the Moon, initiating the process of soft landing.
01:04 Chandrayaan-3's mission is not just a demonstration of India's growing technical capabilities
01:09 in space exploration but also aims to make significant scientific discoveries.
01:14 The spacecraft is set to land near the Moon's little-explored South Polar region, an area
01:19 believed to hold potential for new findings.
01:22 India from the previous mission, Chandrayaan-2, has been thoroughly analysed to ensure a successful
01:27 landing this time.
01:28 The landing site will be determined in the coming days, following which the propulsion
01:32 module will detach from the lander while being in orbit.
01:36 The lander will then descend from orbit and attempt a soft landing.
01:39 If successful, India will join the ranks of the US, the former Soviet Union and China
01:45 to become only the fourth country to achieve a landing on the Moon and the first country
01:50 to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface.
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