Chennai: The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was inserted into lunar orbit on August 20, 2019. All eight payloads on Chandrayaan-2 are performing well. The global mapping of the lunar surface and polar coverage are being carried out as per the mission plan.
It is one year since India's second moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was inserted into the lunar orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said and also tweeted.
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Today #Chandrayaan2 completes one year on Moon orbit. #Chandrayaan2 was successfully inserted in to Lunar orbit on August 20, 2019.
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">Today #Chandrayaan2 completes one year on Moon orbit. #Chandrayaan2 was successfully inserted in to Lunar orbit on August 20, 2019.
— ISRO (@isro) August 20, 2020
For details visit: https://t.co/u9CUiuNJvAToday #Chandrayaan2 completes one year on Moon orbit. #Chandrayaan2 was successfully inserted in to Lunar orbit on August 20, 2019.
— ISRO (@isro) August 20, 2020
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The Indian space agency said Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft/orbiter was launched on July 22, 2019, and inserted into lunar orbit on August 20, 2019.
Though the soft-landing attempt of the lander Vikram was not successful, the orbiter, which was equipped with eight scientific instruments, was successfully placed in lunar orbit.
The orbiter completed more than 4,400 orbits around the moon and all the instruments are currently performing well, the ISRO said.
The spacecraft is healthy and the performance of subsystems is normal. The orbiter is being maintained in 100 +/- 25 km polar orbit with periodic orbit maintenance (OM) maneuvers. So far, 17 OMs have been carried out since achieving a 100 km lunar orbit on September 24, 2019.There is adequate onboard fuel to remain operational for about seven years, ISRO said.
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(Inputs from Agencies)
