ISRO successfully performs fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft
Bengaluru (PTI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday successfully performed the fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) here.
The next firing is planned for July 25 between 2 pm and 3 pm, the national space agency headquartered here said.
India celebrates the International Moon Day 2023 by propelling Chandrayaan-3 a step closer to the Moon, it said.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon was launched on July 14.
"...craft is on way to the Moon. In another few days it will go (the lander will soft-land on the Lunar surface)," ISRO Chairman Somanath S said earlier in the day while delivering the inaugural address to the Space Science Technology & AwaReness Training (START) programme 2023.
"I am sure that you will find something very substantial through this (Chandrayaan-3) mission as far as science is concerned," he said.
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Annadaneshwara Swami of Neela Manika Mutt passes away at 75
Bagalkot: Pontiff of Basavagopala Neela Manika Mutt in Bandigani, Rabakavi-Banahatti, Annadaneshwara Swami died at the KLE Hospital, Belagavi, on Friday morning. He was 75.
The seer was reportedly under treatment at the hospital in Belagavi for a few days now.
His funeral rites will be held at the Mutt on Saturday evening. People are permitted to pay their last respects to the seer from 10 pm on Friday till 4 pm on Saturday.
Annadaneshwara Swami was honoured with the Trividha Dasoha and Karnataka Rajyotsava Suvarna Sambhrama – 2024 Award.
