ISRO performs 2nd lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 | India News, The Indian Express

ISRO performs 2nd lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 | India News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |Pune |Published: August 22, 2019 2:58:48 am

ISRO performs 2nd lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the spacecraft was functioning normally.

Chandrayaan-2 moved into an elliptical orbit that, at its nearest point from the Moon, was 118 km from the lunar surface, and 4,412 km at its farthest.

CHANDRAYAAN-2, which entered a lunar orbit on Tuesday, moved into a lower orbit around the Moon on Wednesday. In an orbit-lowering manoeuvre that lasted for over 20 minutes on Wednesday, Chandrayaan-2 moved into an elliptical orbit that, at its nearest point from the Moon, was 118 km from the lunar surface, and 4,412 km at its farthest.