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Third Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully today (August 28, 2019) at 0904 hrs IST.



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BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation ( Isro ) on Wednesday completed another lunar-bound manoeuvre and put Chandrayaan-2 in a new orbit around Moon ."The maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully beginning at 9.04am as planned, using the on board propulsion system. The duration of the maneuver was 1,190 seconds. The orbit achieved is 179 km x 1412 km," Isro said after the successful manoeuvre, adding that all spacecraft parameters are normal.The next lunar-bound orbit maneuver is scheduled on August 30 between 6pm and 7pm.On August 21, Isro had completed another manoeuvre after burning the on board propulsion systems for 1,228 seconds. The orbit achieved then was 118kmX4,412km.TOI had earlier reported that the next lunar-bound orbit maneuver was scheduled on August 28 between 5.30am and 6.30am. Two more manoeuvres will be performed on August 30 and September 1.On August 20, Isro, in a 29-minute operation guided Chandrayaan-2 into a 114kmX18,072km elliptical orbit around Moon. Now, after the next two manoeuvres, Vikram , the lander, will separate from the composite body-orbiter, lander and rover integrated together-on September 2, and is expected to touch down on the lunar surface at 1.55am on September 7.