@Dazza to pics • 1 year agoFirst image from India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon missionimagemessage-square12arrow-up1268arrow-down13
arrow-up1265arrow-down1imageFirst image from India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission@Dazza to pics • 1 year agomessage-square12
minus-square@dubletlink6•edit-21 year agoBBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66425524 Wikipedia’s orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-3#Orbit_raising_and_station_keeping Isro on Twitter: https://twitter.com/isro/status/1688248504458846208 The retrofiring of engines brought it closer to the Moon’s surface, now to 170 km x 4313 km. For reference, the ISS’s height is ~413 km above Earth.
BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66425524 Wikipedia’s orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-3#Orbit_raising_and_station_keeping Isro on Twitter: https://twitter.com/isro/status/1688248504458846208
For reference, the ISS’s height is ~413 km above Earth.