Chandrayaan-2 precisely inserted in defined lunar orbit: ISRO Chairman

Chandrayaan-2 precisely inserted in defined lunar orbit: ISRO Chairman

Chandrayaan-2 precisely inserted in defined lunar orbit: ISRO Chairman

Chandrayaan-2: The second moon mission of India, the Chandrayaan-2 has been precisely inserted in defined orbits. It reached in defined lunar orbit at 09.02 am on 20th August 2019. 

This was stated by the Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr K. Sivan, while addressing a press conference after the Lunar Orbit Insertion of Chandrayaan-2, in Bengaluru.

ISRO aims for successful landing at 1.55 AM on 7th September. The soft landing will be near the lunar South Pole. According to the ISRO that the next major event will be on 2nd September when the lander will be separated from the orbiter.

The Chairman said that ISRO is confident about its landing mission. ISRO has done enough stimulations of soft landing, he added. Chandrayyan-2 will undergo four more manoeuvres.

The first manoeuvre will be tomorrow, followed by subsequent manoeuvres on 28th August, 30th August and 1st September.

This is ISRO’s second moon mission after Chandrayaan-1 in the year 2008. Chandrayaan-2 was launched from Sriharikota on 22nd July this year. It carries an orbiter, ‘Vikram’ lander and ‘Pragyan’ rover.