ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 leaves Earth’s orbit, heads for the moon | Technology News, The Indian Express

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 leaves Earth’s orbit, heads for the moon | Technology News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 14, 2019 9:49:52 am

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 leaves Earth’s orbit, heads for the moon

Chandrayaan-2, India’s second moon mission, is expected to reach the moon’s orbit on August 20 and land on the lunar surface on September 7.

ISRO on Sunday released the first set of images of earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 from outer space. (Twitter/@isro)

The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft left the Earth’s orbit in the early hours of Wednesday, nearly 23 days after its launch on July 22. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it carried out a manoeuvre called ‘Trans Lunar Insertion’ (TLI) at 2:21 am. After this operation, Chandrayaan-2 will move towards the Moon.