Jaipur
Union Minister of Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur on Wednesday extended his wishes to the ISRO team ahead of the attempted lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3.
The Union Minister said that all of us are waiting for the moment when Chandrayaan-3 mission becomes successful.
Speaking to reporters, Thakur said, …India has made a huge leap in the Space sector. All of us are awaiting the moment when Chandrayaan-3 mission becomes successful. This will put India among the very few countries in the world that have made significant contributions to the Space sector…
Meanwhile, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday said that it is all set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS) ahead of the attempted landing of the country’s lunar mission.
A post on ISRO’s official handle on X, formerly Twitter, read, All set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS). Awaiting the arrival of the Lander Module (LM) at the designated point, around 17:44 Hrs. IST. Upon receiving the ALS command, the LM activates the throttleable engines for powered descent. The attempted soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole has been scheduled for around 18:04 IST, with the powered descent of the Vikram lander expected at 1745 IST.
The live telecast of the landing operations at Mission Operation Complex (MOX) will begin at 1720 IST. Live broadcast of the landing will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV from 17:27 IST on Aug 23, 2023.
