Explained: Milestone for ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2, Moon in sight
Chandrayaan-2 has just entered a lunar orbit. What makes it a milestone big enough for the ISRO head to announce it to the country? What are the next milestones coming up before the September 7 landing?
On Tuesday, India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission crossed a major milestone on its journey towards the Moon, having entered a lunar orbit, almost exactly 30 days after being launched on July 22. The mission has several more milestones to cross before the Lander and Rover components of the spacecraft, called Vikram and Pragyaan respectively, make a soft landing on the Moon’s surface in the early hours of September 7. But Tuesday’s milestone was big enough for India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan to call a press conference and inform the nation about the event.
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