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To prepare for the soft-landing on moon's south pole, Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander today successfully underwent a crucial deboosting manoeuvre after getting separated from the propulsion module a day before.
The Module comprising the lander and the rover will be lowered into an orbit that takes it closer to the Moon's surface for the landing.
Chandrayaan-3 is edging closer to making a soft landing on the lunar south pole on August 23.
To help the module embark on a descending trajectory towards the Moon's surface, ISRO devised a deboosting process, which would entail a controlled reduction in the craft's velocity. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
The Lander Module comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), will undergo the second deboosting operation on August 20, to be lowered to an orbit that takes it much closer to the Moon's surface