India’s second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, on Tuesday successfully entered the lunar orbit in a significant milestone.
The lander (Vikram), along with a rover (Pragyan), is expected to touch down on September 7 at 1.55 am.
Chandrayaan-2's 384,000-km journey started on July 22 after the GSLV MkIII-M1 vehicle lifted off from Isro's spaceport at Sriharikota, near Chennai. After 28 days, Isro on Tuesday successfully completed the lunar orbit insertion (LOI) manoeuvre. The duration of manoeuvre took nearly 29 minutes (1,738 seconds), beginning at 9.02 am.
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