Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday announced that the Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has been successfully separated from the propulsion module.
“LM is successfully separated from the Propulsion Module (PM). LM is set to descend to a slightly lower orbit upon a deboosting planned for tomorrow around 1600 hours IST. Now, India has 3 satellites around moon,” ISRO tweeted on Thursday.
With this, India's moon mission enters in its last phase, and if it successfully lands, then India will become the fourth nation across the globe to achieve a soft landing on the crater.
After separating from the Propulsion Module, landing phase to the moon will commence and the rover will pass through a series of complex manoeuvres consisting of rough and fine braking, the lander will descend for a soft landing on the moon's surface from a height of about 100 km.
After the landing on the Moon, the rover will roll off the lander and explore the lunar region, conducting experiments for the next 14 days, which is equal to one lunar day.