India's second Moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 put into earth orbit on July 22, on Monday, successfully completed its third earth-bound orbit raising maneuver, ISRO said.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday confirmed the successful second orbit raising task by Chandrayaan-2. On July 22, the Chandrayaan-2 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 170x45,475 km by India's heavy-lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III) in a textbook style. As per the July 15 flight schedule, Chandrayaan-2's earthbound phase was 17 days and it is 23 days as per the new schedule.
India's second moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 put into earth orbit on July 22, is scheduled to reach the Moon by August 20, the Indian space agency said on Wednesday.
The Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on July 22. At exactly 2.43 p.m, the Rs 375 crore GSLV-Mk III rocket began its ascent into space from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC).
In reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office Jitendra Singh said the government has already set up NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) under the administrative control of Department of Space (DOS) on March 6, 2019 to commercially exploit the research and development work of ISRO centres and constituent units of DOS.
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The magnificient images of Chandrayaan-2 lift-off were captured by several photographers, and people witnessing the moon mission. Perhaps, there are some visuals still yet to be seen. The video has been captured by a camera onboard GSLV MkIII-M1.
China's lunar exploration programme chief on Monday congratulated India on its successful launch of Chandrayaan-2 and said Beijing was actively pursuing its own moon mission and is not in competition with any other country in planning its space explorations.
State-owned SAIL on Monday said it supplied special-quality stainless steel from its Salem Steel Plant for the country's moon mission Chandrayaan-2.
After Chandrayaan-2, the ISRO has planned launch of its solar mission, Aditya-L1, in the first half of 2020 to study the Sun's corona, according to the space agency.
ISRO launched India's ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 on Monday. The reactions have been pouring in from all around the world. Here is how the world is reacting to India's giant leap in space.
Originally, the rocket was to fly on July 15 at 2.51 a.m. Due to technical glitch that was detected about an hour prior to the rocket's lift off, the mission was called off that day.
Whoosh! Here is the moment that India was waiting for. The Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission has been launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
At exactly 2.43 pm, the Rs 375 crore GSLV-Mk III rocket began its ascent into space from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.
Chandrayaan-2's success will make India the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to pull off a soft landing on the moon. ISRO's budget is less than 20 times that of NASA.
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