Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission has successfully completed its second orbit-raising maneuver, placing the spacecraft in a 41,603x226km orbit.
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Operations
Earth-bound maneuvers are performed to help Chandrayaan-3 attain the required altitude to escape Earth's gravitational pull and start on its journey to the Moon.
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Chandrayaan-3
ISRO successfully completed Chandrayaan-3's first orbit-raising maneuver on July 15, a day after the mission's launch.
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Target destination
Chandrayaan-3 is planned to reach lunar orbit on August 3. After this, the mission will attempt a soft landing on the Moon on August 23.
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Milestone
If successful, Chandrayaan-3 will make India the fourth nation to pull off a soft landing and roving on the lunar surface.