Face of Nation : The third Moon-bound orbital maneuver was carried out on ISRO’s lunar probe. Chandrayaan 2 which is undergoing orbital maneuver in the Moon’s orbit in order to place itself over the lunar poles is scheduled to land on the Moon’s surface on September 7.
ISRO informed that the third Moon-bound orbital maneuver for Chandrayaan 2 was performed successfully on August 28 at 0904 hours IST. ISRO also informed that the next Lunar bound orbit maneuver will be carried out on August 30 between 1800 hours to 1900 hours IST.
It is to note that Chandrayaan 2 will be the first rover-based spacecraft to land in the South polar region of the Moon. The lunar South pole is considered to be the dark side of the Moon as the craters in this region of the lunar surface has remained untouched from light.
ISRO in a tweet from its official Twitter account on Wednesday said that “Third Lunar-bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.”“All the parameters of the spacecraft are normal. The next Lunar bound orbit maneuver is scheduled on August 30, 2019, between 1800 to 1900 hours IST,” ISRO stated.
