At this height, it will complete a full revolution around the moon every two hours
This morning, Tuesday, 9.4.19 at 08:34 the engineering team of SpaceIL and the Aerospace Industry successfully performed another maneuver around the moon.
Upon completion of this maneuver, Genesis moved into a circular orbit within a range of about 200 km from the face of the moon and will complete a complete orbit around the moon every two hours.
During the maneuver, the engines operated for about 78 seconds and the amount of fuel burned was about 11.7 kg.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, in the evening, the last maneuver is expected to take place in preparation for the expected landing on Thursday.
The estimated landing time at the moment is between 22:00 and 23:00 Israel time. The landing process will begin about half an hour before landing and will be broadcast live. A final time will be determined after the Flight Dynamics team makes the final calculations according to the results of the maneuver that will take place tomorrow evening.
The engineering team of SpaceIL and the aerospace industry continues intensively with the final preparations for the most decisive maneuver - landing on the moon. Gatekeeper drop-off time is Thursday, April 11, 2019, between 22:00 PM and 23:00 PM.
More of the topic in Hayadan:
- "Capturing the moon" - the decisive maneuver of the spacecraft "Bereshit" was successful; broadcast images from the far side of the moon
- Sunrise video from space, Earth from an altitude of 30 km: the Bar spacecraftAshit records her way to the moon
- Genesis was launched towards the moon, the following challenges: entering orbit around the moon and landing
