new delhi indias moonbound spacecraft chandrayaan3 travelled further towards its destination with isro on tuesday raising its orbit for the fifth timethe orbitraising manoeuvre earthbound perigee firing is performed successfully from istracisro bengaluru the spacecraft is expected to attain an orbit of 127609 km x 236 km the achieved orbit will be confirmed after the observations isro tweeted the next firing the translunar injection tli is planned for august 1 2023 between 12 midnight and 1 am ist the agency saidon tuesday toi had reported that isro would make the fifth and final earthbound manoeuvre to raise its orbit in order to take the spacecraft away from the earththe chandrayaan3 which is equipped with a lander a rover and a propulsion module and weighs around 3900 kg will begin its journey towards the moon on august 1 after leaving the earths orbit following the tli manoeuvre which will place it on lunar transfer trajectory covering a distance of over 300000 km it will then reach the moons orbit and will finally attempt a softlanding the lander will get separated from the propulsion module a couple of days after it enters lunar orbit and is expected to make a softlanding near the south pole of the moon at 547 pm on august 23subsequent to the soft landing the sixwheeled rover will roll out and carry out experiments on the lunar surface for a period of one lunar day which is equal to 14 earth days