Chandrayaan-3 to attempt lunar orbit capturing on August 5

BENGALURU: India’s third lunar mission will attempt to capture an orbit around Moon on August 5.
“The spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to Moon and LOI is set for August 5, around 7pm,” Isro said Friday. Early on August 1, the spacecraft, through the trans-lunar injection (TLI), had achieved an orbit of 288km x 3.7-lakh-km and entered Moon’s sphere of influence

Saturday will complete 22 days since Chandrayaan-3’s was launched on July 14, leaving 17 crucial days before Isro attempts to soft-land Vikram (the lander).