Bengaluru: India's third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 successfully entered the lunar orbit on Saturday, the ISRO said.

“MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity," Chandrayaan-3 Mission sent the message to ISRO centres.

"Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into the lunar orbit. A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC ( ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network), Bengaluru," the agency said in a tweet.

Perilune is the spacecraft's closest point to the moon.

The subsequent procedure, which involves orbit reduction, is scheduled for Sunday at 11 PM, according to ISRO's announcement.

ISRO also transmitted a message from the lunar mission to its centers, stating, "MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am experiencing lunar gravity."

Over the course of three weeks and through five maneuvers following the launch on July 14, ISRO has been progressively moving the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into increasingly distant orbits from Earth.

Subsequently, on August 1, a crucial maneuver known as a "slingshot move" was executed, effectively propelling the spacecraft from Earth's orbit towards the Moon.

After this trans-lunar injection, the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft departed from its orbit around Earth and commenced a trajectory that would guide it towards the proximity of the Moon.