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Good news came before soft landing of Chandrayaan 3, 150 kg fuel left in propulsion module, will get this benefit
The lander module of the Chandrayaan 3 mission is orbiting the moon at a distance of just 25 kilometers from the lunar surface. ISRO tweeted that the second and final deboosting maneuver of Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully done and now waiting for August 23. Significantly, so far only America, Russia, and China have succeeded in soft landing on the surface of the moon.
Even before ISRO attempted to soft-land Vikram (lander) on August 23, there has been some good news from Chandrayaan-3. In fact, ISRO chairman S Somnath said that with more than 150 kg of fuel left, the propulsion module, which was initially expected to have a life of three-six months, is now expected to live for several years.
ISRO Chairman S Somnath confirmed this, saying, "It has a lot of fuel, much more than our expectations. It has a lot of fuel left because everything was very nominal on the way to the Moon. We have almost All the margin-left is about 150+kg."
The propulsion module was loaded with 1,696.4 kg of fuel at launch on 14 July, and all heavy lifting was completed between 15 July and 17 August before separation from the landing module. So far, some minor improvements in mission-specific maneuvers may have consumed a small amount of fuel. However, there is no accounting of how much fuel was consumed in each of these operations.
