Chandrayaan – 2 is on continuous monitoring
Indian space agency said, on 14 August 2019 India’s spacecraft to the moon Chandrayaan-2 was successfully entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory (LTT) after its orbit was raised further.
At 2.21 am, by firing the spacecraft’s motors for 1,203 seconds the final orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 was successfully carried out.
ISRO said, “With this, Chandrayaan-2 entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory. Earlier, the spacecraft’s orbit was progressively increased five times during July 23 to August 06, 2019.”
Mission Operations Complex (MOC) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) is continuously monitoring the health of spacecraft in Bengaluru that is supported by Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennas at Byalalu, near Bengaluru.
Further updates on Chandrayaan – 2
All the systems on-board Chandrayaan -2 spacecraft are performing normal, since its launch on 22 July 2019 by GSLV MkIII- M1 vehicle.
ISRO said, “Following this, there will be further four orbit manoeuvres (Aug 21, 28, 30 and Sept 1) 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 2 September 2019, Vikram lander will separate from the orbiter.
ISRO further said, “Two orbit manoeuvres will be performed on the lander before the initiation of powered descent to make a soft landing on the lunar surface on September 07, 2019.”
Brief information about successful launch of Chandrayaan -2
On July 22, in a text book style the Chandrayaan-2 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 170×45, 475 km by India’s heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III).
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