The second earth bound orbit raising maneuver for
Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, launched on July 22 by GSLV-MkIII-M1, was
performed successfully on Friday morning.
ISRO in a release in Chenai said, the orbit raising maneuver was carried out
at 0108 hrs as planned, using the onboard propulsion system for a firing
duration of 883 seconds.
The orbit achieved was 251 x 54829 km.
All spacecraft parameters are normal.
The third orbit raising maneuver is scheduled on July 29 between 1430 hrs
and 1530 hrs.
The first orbit raising was carried out on Wednesday taking the spacecraft to
a orbit of 230 X 45163 km.
About 16 minutes from lift off from the Second Launch Pad from the SHAR
Range, Chandrayaan–2 was placed into a highly elliptical orbit of 170 x 45,475 km.
It said further major activities included Earth bound maneuvers, Trans Lunar
Insertion, Lunar bound maneuvers, Vikram (Lander) Separation and Vikram
Touch Down.
Earth Bound maneuvers commenced from Wednesday and it would culminate
into Trans Lunar Insertion scheduled on August 14 which will send the spacecraft
to moon.
‘The spacecraft is scheduled to reach moon by August 20’, ISRO said.
