International Desk: India’s space vehicle Chandrayaan-3 has entered the moon’s orbit. The Indian space agency ISRO gave this information on Saturday evening. According to ISRO, it changed orbit when the distance between the Moon and Chandrayaan-3 was the least. Later on the work to reduce the orbital distance will be done.
This distance will start decreasing from 11 pm on Sunday. If this mission is successful, India will be the first country in the world to start research work on the South Pole of the Moon. People still know very little about that part of the moon. Before this, only US, Soviet Union and Chinese spacecraft managed to land safely on the lunar surface. It will take a total of 40 days for Chandrayaan-3 to reach the moon from Earth.
Saturday completed the 22nd day of it. India has attempted to reach the moon twice before. In 2008, Chandrayaan-1 reached the lunar orbit in the first mission. The second campaign in 2019 was partially successful. Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter is still circling the moon and sending data. But its lander crashes into the lunar surface due to last-minute complications during landing.
Chandrayaan-3 weighing 3900 kg has cost 6.1 billion rupees (7.5 million dollars). Chandrayaan-3 was successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India on July 14. ISRO scientists have expressed hope that it will be able to land a robot near the south pole of the moon on August 23 or 24.
