Chandrayaan-2 inserted into lunar orbit: ISRO Chairman

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New Delhi : The second moon mission of India, the Chandrayaan-2, has been precisely inserted into defined orbit. It entered into defined lunar orbit at 9.02 am on August 20, 2019. This was stated by the Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr K Sivan, at press conference after the  Lunar Orbit Insertion of Chandrayaan-2, at Bengaluru, on August 20. With this, Chandrayaan-2 has crossed a major landmark, he said.

Dr Sivan said that ISRO aims for successful landing at 1.55 am on September 7, 2019. The soft landing will be near lunar South Pole. He said that the next major event will be on September2  when the lander will be separated from the orbiter. He 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 on August 21, 2019, followed by subsequent manoeuvres on August 28,  August 30, and  September 1, according to a PIB release.

This is ISRO’s second moon mission after Chandrayaan-1 in  2008. Chandrayaan-2 was launched from Sriharikota on July 22, 2019. It carries an orbiter, ‘Vikram’ lander and ‘Pragyan’ rover.