India’s Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft Reaches Lunar Orbit

Chandrayaan-3 in lunar orbit

ISRO reports that Chandrayaan-3 has reached lunar orbit.

Credit: ISRO
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft reached lunar orbit on Aug. 5, setting the stage for a landing attempt on the Moon’s south pole later this month. From an initial, highly elliptical orbit that stretched as far as 11,230 mi. from the Moon’s surface, Chandrayaan-3 completed the second in a planned...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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