Chandrayaan-3 successfully injected into lunar orbit

A fortnight since its successful launch from Sriharikota, Chandrayaan-3 completed its orbit around the earth and headed towards the moon to the next phase of the mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced late Monday night.

Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota (HT_PRINT)

"Chandrayaan-3 Mission: Chandrayaan-3 completes its orbits around the Earth and heads towards the Moon. A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit. Next stop: the Moon. As it arrives at the moon, the Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI) is planned for Aug 5, 2023," Isro tweeted after the spacecraft was successfully inserted into the translunar orbit.

The lunar injection was conducted between 12am and 12.30am on Monday, officials confirmed.