CHENNAI: India’s second spacecraft to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, has entered into the lunar orbit on Tuesday morning, according to the Indian space agency.
Chandrayaan-2 on-board motors, the space craft will be moved into the lunar orbit by firing Chandrayaan-2 on-board motors, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
After Chandrayaan-2’s insertion into the lunar orbit, ISRO will carry out four more orbit maneuvers (August 21, 28, 30 and September 1) to enter it into its final orbit passing over lunar poles at a distance of about 100 km from the Moon’s surface.
Subsequently, the Vikram lander will separate from the orbiter on September 2, 2019
Two orbit maneuvers will be performed on the lander before the initiation of powered descent to make a soft landing on the lunar surface on September 7, 2019, ISRO said.
On July 22, the Chandrayaan-2 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 170×45,475 km by India’s heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III) in a text book style.
(Agencies)
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