Chandrayaan-2 successfully completed the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver on August 20, 2019. With this, Chandrayaan-2 was successfully inserted into a Lunar orbit. The orbit achieved is 114 km x 18072 km.
Lunar orbit insertion:
Insertion into lunar orbit means, just like it was going around the Earth at the start of its journey, Chandrayaan-2 is now orbiting the Moon.
After being launched, Chandrayaan-2 had been put in an elliptical orbit around the Earth.
It spent nearly a week in that orbit, before firing a booster once again to break free from the Earth orbit and begin its journey towards the Moon.
After five days of this journey, Chandrayaan-2 came sufficiently close to the Moon to experience its gravity. And on August 20, it entered into an orbit around the Moon.
Way ahead:
Following this, a series of orbit maneuvers will be performed on Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft to enable it to enter its final orbit passing over the lunar poles at a distance of about 100 km from the Moon’s surface.
Subsequently, the Vikram lander will separate from the Orbiter and enters into a 100 km X 30 km orbit around the Moon. Then, it will perform a series of complex braking maneuvers to soft land in the South polar region of the Moon on September 7, 2019.
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