The Chandrayaan-3 counter will connect to the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

Although Chandrayaan-2 did not land on the lunar surface, its orbit functioned normally and conducted all  experiments as planned.

Ahead of Wednesday's scheduled landing, the Chandrayaan-3 lander docked with the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which has been circling the moon for the past four years.

"Two-way communication has been established between the two. MOX (Missions Operations Complex) now has  more routes to reach the LM (Landing Module)," the Indian Space Research Organization said  on X, formerly Twitter. Although Chandrayaan-2 did not land. On the moon, the orbiter operated normally and passed all tests as planned and has been in lunar orbit ever since.  ISRO  said the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter will assist the Chandrayaan-3 mission in several ways.  The orbiter has determined a safe landing site for Chandrayaan-3 and is now ready to facilitate communication between the Chandrayaan-3 lander and  ground stations.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission's communications network with ground stations is configured so that the counter sends data to the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which  in turn transmits it to ISRO's ground stations. The Chandrayaan-3 lander can also communicate directly with Earth

  Chandrayaan-2  is performing very well in orbit and communicating with the Chandrayaan-3 lander. This signal reaches the ground station," ISRO chairman S Somanath said in a public hearing on August 9. "Assuming that Chandrayaan-2's orbit malfunctions for some reason,  the Chandrayaan-3 lander will communicate directly with Earth. For the rover (which will be released after a safe and soft landing),  communication will only be with the lander, and the lander. will communicate with the orbiter or ground stations.