Chandrayaan-3 has successfully completed the crucial phase of separating the Lander Module (LM) and Propulsion Module (PM). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shared the mission update on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday (Aug 17).
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is successfully placed into an orbit of 153 km * 163 km, as intended. With this, all the lunar-bound manoeuvres are completed.
The detachment of the two modules - the propulsion module and the Lunar module - is Phase-5 of the Chandryaan-3 mission. Chandrayaan-3 has a total of 10 phases in the mission.
The Russian lunar mission has successfully entered lunar orbit and is gearing up for a soft-landing attempt on the lunar surface between August 21 and August 23, which is before the scheduled date for Chandrayaan-3's landing.
Chairman of ISRO, S Somanath, last week exuded confidence and provided reassurance that all systems are operating as planned.
Chandrayaan-3 focuses on achieving three key goals - a secure and gentle moon landing, enabling the rover to traverse the lunar terrain, and conducting scientific experiments in situ.