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

Chandrayaan 2 successfully enters orbit around Moon

11:54 am August 20, 2019

Bengaluru: In a major milestone for India’s Moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit on Tuesday. Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully at 0902 hours as planned, using the onboard propulsion system, the Bengaluru headquartered space agency said in a statement. “The duration of maneuver was 1,738 seconds. With this, […]

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Chandrayaan-2 leaves earth’s orbit, moving towards moon

10:56 am August 14, 2019

Bengaluru: India’s second moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ left the earth’s orbit early on Wednesday, 23 days after being launched, and is moving towards the moon following the successful completion of a crucial manoeuvre by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said it has carried out a manoeuvre called ‘Trans Lunar Insertion’ (TLI) […]

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Chandrayaan-2 to reach moon’s orbit on August 20: ISRO

6:05 pm August 12, 2019

Ahmedabad: India’s second moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ is expected to reach the moon’s orbit on August 20 and land on the lunar surface on September 7, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Sivan said on Monday. The spacecraft is all set to leave the earth’s orbit after two days, he told reporters here. Sivan […]

ISRO releases first set of earth pictures taken by Chandrayaan 2

9:03 pm August 4, 2019

New Delhi: Space agency ISRO on Sunday released the first set of pictures of the earth captured by Chandrayaan 2, the country’s second Moon mission launched a fortnight ago. The pictures were captured by L 14 camera on board Chandrayaan II. The pictures show the earth in different hues. “Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 […]

Chandrayaan-2 moving in right direction: ISRO

8:05 pm July 23, 2019

Bengaluru: A day after launching the country’s second moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is in “good health” and moving in the “right direction”. India had on Monday launched Chandrayaan-2 on-board its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with the aim of […]

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