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Chandrayaan-2: ISRO anxious but optimistic ahead of crucial soft-landing

First de-orbiting manoeuvre performed for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft: ISRO

2:17 pm September 3, 2019

Bengaluru: A day after lander ‘Vikram’ was separated from Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter, the ISRO said on Tuesday it has successfully performed the first de-orbiting manoeuvre for the spacecraft. The city-headquartered space agency will perform one more de-orbit manoeuvre on Wednesday, before the powered descent on September 7 for its landing in the south polar region of […]

Chandrayaan-2 lander separates, 5 days to go for touchdown

8:09 pm September 2, 2019

Bengaluru: In a key event of India’s second moon mission Chandrayaan-2, lander ‘Vikram’ was separated from the orbiter on Monday, five days ahead of its planned lunar touchdown, space agency ISRO announced. The separation of Vikram, which is set for soft landing on September 7 on the lunar surface along with rover ‘Pragyan’, was carried […]

Chandrayaan-2 performs 3rd lunar-bound orbit maneuver; landing in 11 days

12:50 pm August 28, 2019

Bengaluru: With just 11 days to go for its moon landing, the ISRO on Wednesday said it has successfully performed the third lunar-bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. All spacecraft parameters were normal, the city-headquartered space agency said after the maneuver on the spacecraft that is currently in the lunar orbit for its rendezvous with […]

China’s experimental space lab to re-enter earth’s atmosphere

12:51 pm July 19, 2019

Beijing: China’s experimental space lab Tiangong-2 will have controlled descent from its orbit and re-enter the earth’s atmosphere to fall into the Pacific Ocean, the country’s official space agency said. All of the space lab’s assigned tasks have been finished. It is scheduled to fall out of orbit and re-enter the atmosphere under the supervision […]

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