9Photo© hindustantimes.comChandrayaan-3 just 1,437 km away from moon
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Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft moved closer to the Moon's surface on Wednesday after it underwent another orbit reduction manoeuvre, ISRO said. India's ambitious third Moon mission's spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 after the launch on July 14, had entered into lunar orbit or the Moon's orbit on August 5.
"Even closer to the moon's surface. Chandrayaan-3's orbit is reduced to 174 km x 1437 km following a manoeuvre performed today," ISRO said in a tweet.
The next operation is scheduled for August 14, between 11.30am and 12.30pm, ISRO said.
A similar orbit reduction manoeuvre was carried out by the ISRO on Sunday.
“ The ability to transfer from horizontal to vertical direction is the trick we have to play here. Here only we had the problem last time (referring to Chandrayaan-2 mission),
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