Chandrayaan-3 leaves Earth’s orbit; heading towards Moon

Chandrayaan-3 has left the Earth’s orbit after completing its Earth-bound manoeuvres and is now heading towards the Moon, ISRO said. “A successful perigee-firing performed at ISTRAC, ISRO has injected the spacecraft into the translunar orbit,” the space agency said. The spacecraft’s Lunar-Orbit Insertion is planned for August 5. ISRO aims to soft land Chandrayaan-3 on lunar surface on August 23.