Chandrayaan 2 moon landing: Here is a timeline of India’s historic mission
It is first time that a country is attempting to land on the south pole area of the moon. Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is a composite module mission consisting of orbiter, lander and rover.
Chandrayaan 2, India’s second moon mission, is slated to create history early Saturday when its `Vikram’ module makes a soft landing on moon’s south polar region.
Devotees at a Ganesh 'Mandap' created on the theme of Chandrayaan-2 launch during Ganpati festival in Pune. (Photo: PTI)
It is first time that a country is attempting to land on the south pole area of the moon. Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is a composite module mission consisting of orbiter, lander and rover.
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Here is timeline of the historic mission:
September 18, 2008: The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet approved the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission. The subsequent years went into mission planning and execution with home-grown technology used for the expedition.
July 15, 2019: The launch of Chandrayaan 2 was called off about an hour before the launch due to technical snag.
July 22, 2019: ISRO successfully launched Chandrayaan-2 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
July 24, 2019 First earthbound orbit-raising manoeuvre for Chandryaan-2 spacecraft performed successfully.
July 26,2019: Second earthbound orbit-raising manoeuvre for Chandryaan-2 spacecraft performed.
July 28,2019: Third orbit-raising manoeuvre performed.
August 3, 2019: ISRO released the first set of earth pictures captured by Chandrayaan 2
August 6, 2019: Fifth and the last orbit-raising manoeuvre performed
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August 14, 2019: After revolving around the earth’s orbit for nearly 23 days, the spacecraft entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory.
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August 14, 2019: After revolving around the earth’s orbit for nearly 23 days, the spacecraft entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory.
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August 20, 2019: Chandrayaan-2 successfully inserted into lunar orbit.
August 22,2019: ISRO released first moon image captured by Chandrayaan-2’s LI4 Camera.
September 1, 2019: The fifth and lunar manoeuvre executed successfully.
September 3, 2019: The first de-orbiting manoeuvre performed successfully in four seconds.
September 4, 2019: The second de-orbiting manoeuvre executed in nine seconds.
September 7, 2019:The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan 2 scheduled to soft-land on moon between 1.30 am and 2.30 am on Saturday. It will be followed by the rollout of rover ‘Pragyan’ between 5.30 a.m and 6.30 a.m.
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