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Bengaluru: Chandrayaan-3 successfully completed its final de-boosting operation in the early hours of Sunday, as scientists closely monitored the critical phase ahead of its landing two days later on Wednesday.

The lander has placed itself in an orbit where the closest point to the moon is 25 km and the farthest is 134 km. | Latest News India

Deboosting is the process of slowing down to position itself in an orbit where the orbit's closest point to the Moon (Perilune) is 30 km and the farthest point (the Apolune) is 100 km.

Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's lander Vikram, which successfully separated from its propulsion module and continued its journey towards the Moon yesterday, will undergo a deboosting manoeuvre today at 4:00 pm today.

The Vikram lander shared the first images of the moon, today, after successfully detaching from the spacecraft's propulsion.

Chandrayaan-3 news: Once the deboosting manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft's lander Vikram begins, the lander will be in 'automatic mode' and will decide, based on data and with its own intelligence, how to go about its functions.

  bengaluru : after separation the lander module is now ready to be lowered to an orbit that takes it closer to the moon’s surface  propulsion module will continue its journey in the current orbit for months/years ‘tha

The second deboosting operation is scheduled for August 20.

Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module Vikram has sent many pictures after going closest to the Moon.

The lander will now undergo two successive orbital-reduction manoeuvres over the next five days before it makes the final descent on the lunar surface on August 23, at around 5:47 pm.