The Indian Space Research Organisation has informed that it’s prestigious mission ‘Chandrayaan 2’ has completed the third earthbound orbit raising manoeuvres. The ISRO has informed this through it’s official Twitter.
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Today after performing the third orbit raising maneuver, we are now 3 steps closer to the moon !!!#ISRO pic.twitter.com/M8iqxwZgZr— ISRO (@isro) July 29, 2019
Chandrayaan2 was launched on July 22 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Since then, the mission has successfully completed three earthbound orbit-rising manoeuvres.
Chandrayaan2 consists of the Orbiter, the Lander Vikram and Rover Pragyan. It was launched by using GSLV MarkIII vehicle.
On July 22, the Chandrayaan 2 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 170×45,475 km by India’s heavy-lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III) in a textbook style.
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