Chandrayaan-2 will approach Moon on August 20, 2019 and the spacecraft's liquid engine will be fired again to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit.
The
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday successfully
conducted final orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.
It was carried out at 02:21 am IST.
With
this, Chandrayaan-2
entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory.
During
this maneuver, the spacecraft's liquid engine was fired for about
1203 seconds.
Earlier,
the spacecraft's orbit was progressively increased five times during
July 23 to August 6, 2019.
The
health of the spacecraft is being continuously monitored from the
Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and
Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru with support from Indian Deep
Space Network (IDSN) antennas at Byalalu, near Bengaluru.
Since
its launch on July 22, 2019 by GSLV MkIII-M1 vehicle, all systems
onboard Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft are performing normal, said Isro
officials.
Chandrayaan-2
will approach Moon on August 20, 2019 and the spacecraft's liquid
engine will be fired again to insert the spacecraft into a lunar
orbit.
Following
this, there will be further four orbit maneuvers to make the
spacecraft enter into its final orbit passing over the lunar poles at
a distance of about 100 km from the Moon’s surface.
Subsequently,
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, said Isro.
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