Chandrayaan 2 gets another step closer to the Moon
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,August 02 2019]
India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra's Nellore district at 2.43 pm. It was launched atop a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII, India's most powerful rocket and will carry an orbiter, a Lander Vikram, and a Rover Pragyan, which would revolve around the moon for 12 days.
ISRO just confirmed in its recent tweet that the fourth of five earth-bound orbit-raising maneuvers of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft has been successfully completed today afternoon. Fourth earthbound orbit-raising maneuver for Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft has been performed today (August 2, 2019) at 1527 hrs (IST) as planned. ISRO's post read. The maneuver was carried out at 3.27 pm IST using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 646 seconds, three days after the third orbit-raising was completed.
The success of the Chandrayaan 2 mission makes India the fourth country, followed by the US, Russia, and China to pull off a soft landing on the moon. It has been reported that the budget of ISRO is less than 20 times that of USA's NASA.
#Chandrayaan2
— ISRO (@isro) August 2, 2019
Today marks the successful completion of the fourth orbit raising maneuver. The last Earth bound maneuver is planned on August 6, 2019#ISRO pic.twitter.com/45jy83UCrP