Chandrayaan 2: The 45-day journey of the lunar mission

Chandrayaan 2 is scheduled to make a soft landing on the surface of the moon between 130 am to 230 am on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday This will be followed by the Rover roll out between 530 am to 630 am Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO informed Lets have a look at the Chandrayaan2s journey so farLaunch of Chandrayaan2Indias second moon mission Chandrayaan2 was launched on July 22 from the spaceport in Sriharikota The threestage rocket GSLVMkIIIM1 took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre amid cloudy skies at 243 pm a week after the earlier launch was called off on July 15 following a technical snag observed during the propellant filling stageLaunch of Chandrayaan 2 by GSLV MkIIIM1 Vehicle httpstcoP93BGn4wvTmdash ISRO isro July 22 2019Chandrayaan2 enters Earth orbitThe launch vehicle took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 243 pm and successfully placed the 3850kg Chandrayaan2 into the Earth orbit 1642 minutes later Immediately after Chandrayaan2s separation from the rocket its solar array automatically got deployed and the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network at Bengaluru successfully took control of the spacecraft Indian Space Research Organisation informedChandrayaan2 Second earthbound orbitraising maneuver successfully performedChandrayaan2 spacecrafts second earth bound orbitraising maneuver was performed successfully on July 26 ISRO informed in a statement Second earth bound orbitraising maneuver for Chandrayaan2 spacecraft has been performed successfully today July 26 2019 at 0108 hrs IST as planned using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 883 seconds The orbit achieved is 251 x 54829 km All spacecraft parameters are normal ISRO said in its statementChandrayaan2 completes fourth earth bound orbitraisingISRO successfully carried out the fourth earth bound orbitraising maneuver for Chandryaan2 spacecraft Fourth earthbound orbitraising maneuver for Chandryaan2 spacecraft has been performed successfully today August 2 2019 at 1527 hrs IST as planned using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 646 seconds The orbit achieved is 277 x 89472 km All spacecraft parameters are normal the space agency said in a statementChandrayaan2 performs fifth earth bound orbitraising maneuverChandrayaan2 successfully performed five earthbound orbitraising maneauver on August 6 stated the Indian Space Research Organisation Fifth earthbound orbitraising maneuver for Chandrayaan2 spacecraft has been performed today August 6 2019 at 1504 hrs IST as planned tweeted ISROISRO Fifth earth bound orbit raising maneuver for Chandrayaan2 spacecraft has been performed today August 6 2019 at 1504 hrs IST as plannedFor details please visit httpstcogmamiVzyQ1 pictwittercomDEQR1PPxwYmdash ISRO isro August 6 2019Chandrayaan2 successfully enters Lunar Transfer TrajectoryChandrayaan2 on August 14 carried out a crucial process to manoeuvre Indias second lunar probe out of the earths orbit after it was headed onwards its path to the moon after the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO The space agency stated it carried out the manoeuvre called Trans Lunar Insertion TLI at 221 am today just as plannedChandrayaan 2 successfully placed in moons orbitChandrayaan 2 was successfully placed in the moons orbit on August 20 stated the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO The Lunar Orbit Insertion LOI maneuver which took a little over 28 minutes was completed at 902 am Lunar Orbit Insertion LOI maneuver was completed successfully today August 20 2019 at 0902 hrs IST as planned using the onboard propulsion system The duration of maneuver was 1738 seconds With this Chandrayaan2 was successfully inserted into a Lunar orbit The orbit achieved is 114 km x 18072 km ISRO said in a statementChandrayaan2 enters second Lunar Orbit successfullyThe Indian Space Research Organisation ISRRO stated that Chandrayaan2 spacecrafts second Lunar orbit manoeuvre was successfully completed on August 21 2019 According to ISRO the orbit manoeuvre began at 1250 pm and it achieved 118 km X 4412 km and took 1228 seconds to complete All spacecraft parameters are normalChandrayaan 2 clicks first image of moonThe first Moon image shotclicked by Chandrayaan2 spacecraft wasreleased by ISRO According to the Indian space agency the image was captured at a height of about 2650 km from the Moon surface on August 21 2019Take a look at the first Moon image captured by Chandrayaan2 VikramLander taken at a height of about 2650 km from Lunar surface on August 21 2019 Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in the pictureISRO pictwittercomZEoLnSlATQmdash ISRO isro August 22 2019Chandrayaan 2 ISRO performs 3rd lunarbound orbit maneuverISRO on August 28 stated that it has successfully performed the third lunarbound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan2 spacecraft According to the cityheadquarter space agency all spacecraft parameters were normal after the maneuver on the spacecraft that is currently in the lunar orbit for its rendezvous with the Moon Third Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan2 spacecraft was performed successfully today August 28 2019 beginning at 0904 hrs IST using the onboard propulsion system The duration of the maneuver was 1190 seconds The orbit achieved is 179 km x 1412 km ISRO stated in an updateChandrayaan2 completes fifth and final lunar bound orbit gets closer to moonThe Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO on Septemeber 1 2019 informed that Chandrayaan 2 has successfully completed the fifth and final lunar bound orbit change As per ISROs latest report the spacecraft began its fifth and final orbit lunar bound at 621 pm by using its onboard propulsion system for 52 seconds The orbit achieved is 119 km x 127 kmChandrayaan 2 Moon lander separation successful says ISROThe Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO on September 2 2019 stated that it successfully carried out the separation of lander Vikram from Chandrayaan2 orbiter the space agency announced During the one hour separation window starting 1245 pm Vikram was separated at 115 pm the Indian Space Research Organisation stated Yes the separation was successfully carried out an ISRO official told PTIISRO Chandrayaan2 performs first deorbiting maneuverIndian Space Research Organisation in a statement on September 3 stated that Chandrayaan2 successfully completed its first deorbiting maneuver According to the statement by ISRO The orbit of Vikram Lander is 104 km x 128 km Chandrayaan2 Orbiter continues to orbit the Moon in the existing orbit and both the Orbiter and Lander are healthyChandrayaan 2 completes second deorbiting maneuver successfullyThe second deorbiting maneuver for Chandrayan 2 spacecraft was performed successfully on September 4 2019 informed Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO The maneuver was performed successfully today September 04 2019 beginning at 0342 hours Indian Standard Time IST as planned using the onboard propulsion system the space 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