One step closer to Moon! Chandrayaan-2 Successfully enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory

News Bharati    14-Aug-2019
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Bangalore, Aug. 14: India’s moon dream, Chandrayaan 2 taking a new step every day towards the moon. The final orbit raising maneuver of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully carried out today (August 14, 2019) at 02:21 am IST.
 
 
 
 
As per ISRO’s official statement, “During this maneuver, the spacecraft's liquid engine was fired for about 1203 seconds. With this, Chandrayaan-2 entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory. Earlier, the spacecraft’s orbit was progressively increased five times from July 23 to August 06, 2019”.
 
Further, the statement added, 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 normally.
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
On September 7, the spacecraft's lander, Vikram, is expected to soft-land on the south pole of the moon and unleash the rover to explore the surface.