ISRO successfully performs Chandrayaan-3's 5th orbit-raising manoeuvre

ISRO accomplished the fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Tuesday (July 25) from the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network (ISTRAC).

“The spacecraft is expected to attain an orbit of 127609 km X 236 km. The achieved orbit will be confirmed after the observations,” the national space agency headquartered here said.

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“The next firing, the TransLunar Injection (TLI), is planned for August 1, 2023, between 12 midnight and 1 am IST,” added ISRO, which had launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon on July 14.

(With agency inputs)