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Historic Soft Landing of India’s Chandrayaan-3 near the Moon’s South polar region – Full Telecast | ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) | Aug 23, 2023

  • Aug 24, 2023
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Chandrayaan-3 Mission:

🇮🇳India is on the moon🌖.

Appreciations and thanks for all the contributions from India and abroad to this ISRO-turned-National endeavour called Chandrayaan-3.https://t.co/MieflRY20B Thank You!@PMOIndia@DrJitendraSingh@HALHQBLR@BHEL_India

— ISRO (@isro) August 23, 2023


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Full telecast of India’s 3rd lunar mission – Chandrayaan-3’s historic soft landing on the Moon near its South polar region – Aug 23, 2023

Key Timestamps:

4:30  –  English commentary begins (alternating with Hindi commentary)

9:11  –  Chandrayaan-3 mission details

21:29  –  Power Descent (to Lunar Surface) done in 4 phases

24:49  –  Rough Braking Phase (descent from altitude of ~30 km to ~7 km)

37:28  –  Attitude Hold Phase (from ~7 km to ~6.3 km)

37:38  –  Fine Braking Phase (from ~6.3 km to ~800 m)

40:16  –  Terminal Descent/Local Navigation Phase (from ~800 m to ~150 m and then to lunar surface)

44:44  –  The Chandrayaan-3 mission team celebrates as the Lander Module touches down on the lunar surface

~ 1 hr 10 min

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