By Tech Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 22, 2019 9:18:46 am
Chandrayaan-2 successfully completes second lunar orbit manoeuvre
Chandrayaan-2 completed its second lunar bound orbit manoeuvre today at 12:50 hours IST. The spacecraft is now placed in the second orbit or Lunar Bound Phase 2 (LBN#2) that is 118 km away from the moon’s surface at its nearest point and 4,412 km at its farthest. The landing is planned to take place at 01:40 hours IST on September 7.
India’s second Moon exploration mission, the Chandrayaan-2, went through its second lunar bound orbit manoeuvre today at 12:50 hours IST. With this latest orbit manoeuvre, the spacecraft inched a step closer to the surface of the Earth’s satellite. The spacecraft is now placed in the next orbit of the Moon or Lunar Bound Phase 2 (LBN#2) that is 118 km away from the moon’s surface at its nearest point and 4,412 km at its farthest.
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