New Delhi: The scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have today sent Vikram Lander into the opposite orbit at 8.50 am on September 3. On Monday, Vikram Lander had been circling his orbiter's orbit for about 20 hours after separating from Chandrayaan-2. But, now it will go in the opposite direction from the orbiter. This is called the deorbit.
Now the Vikram lander will revolve around the moon at a speed of about 2 km per second before landing on the moon's south pole. Chandrayaan-2 is made up of three parts - first- orbiter, second- Vikram Lander and third- Pragyan Rover. Inside the Vikram lander is the Pragyan Rover, which will exit after a soft landing. The Vikram Lander will revolve around 104 km of Apogee and 128 km of Perigee in the moon for the next about 31 hours.
After this, its class will be changed again around 4 pm on 4 September. Then it will start circling the moon at 36 km apogee and 110 km perigee. On 4 September, Vikram Lander will be closest to the moon. On September 4, the health of all the sensors and payloads of Vikram Lander will be examined by September 6, after changing the moon's orbit for the second time, i.e. after reaching the moon's closest orbit. On the intervening night of 6 and 7 September, it will land on the south pole of the moon.
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