Chandrayaan 2 will enter the lunar orbit today
NEW DELHI: In a significant step for India’s Moon mission, ISRO will fire the liquid engine of Chandrayaan 2 India's second lunar mission on Tuesday to insert the spacecraft into a lunar orbit, 29 days alter it was Launched.‘it’s tomorrow (Tuesday) morning (tentatively between 8.30 am and 9.30 am). It’s challenging,” Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K. Sivan told PTI on Monday
on (he operation to put Chandrayaan 2 in an orbit around the Moon. This will be followed by four orbit manoeuvres 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, ISRO has said. Subsequently, the Vikram lander will separate from the orbiter on September 2, according to the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency.
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 7. ISRO said. Chandrayaan 2 had entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory on August 11 after final orbit raising manoeuvre of the spacecraft was successfully carried out.
Chandrayaan 2 lifted off on July 22, onboard ISRO’s most powerful launcher. the 640-tonne rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk HI), from the country’s only launch site Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The mission carries 13 Indian scientific instruments for experiments. Imaging of
rock will be done to find elements like magnesium, calcium and iron and also for signs of water. The mission will also study the exosphere of the moon All systems on board Chandrayaan2 spacecraft are performing normal. ISRO
said on August 14 According to ISRO, Chandrayaan 2 will shed light on a completely unexplored region of the Moon, its South Pole.
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