The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 20 announced that the Vikram Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 has successfully completed its second and final deboosting, reducing the Lander Module orbit to 25km x 134km.
- Launched on 14 July this year, Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.
- The deboosting of the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft means the process of slowing down of the lander to an orbit where the Perilune (the orbit’s closest point to the Moon) and Apolune (farthest point from the Moon) are only a few kilometres away from the spacecraft.
- The deboosting will help in the soft landing on the Moon.
