India second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 was successfully placed into Lunar (Moon) orbit on Tuesday. It is expected to land on Moon's south pole on September 7. Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO will address media at 11 am on the occasion of Lunar Orbit Insertion of Chandrayaan 2 today.

The Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully today at 9:02 am as planned, using the onboard propulsion system. The duration of the maneuver was 1738 seconds. With this, Chandrayaan-2 has been successfully inserted into a Lunar orbit. The orbit achieved is 114 km x 18072 km.

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.

#ISRO Dr. K. Sivan, Chairman, ISRO will brief media today (August 20, 2019) at 1100 hrs IST on the occasion of Lunar Orbit Insertion of #Chandrayaan2 Stay tuned on our website and youtube channel to watch live

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Subsequently, the 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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The health of the spacecraft is being continuously monitored from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru with support from Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennas at Bylalu, near Bengaluru. All the systems of Chandrayaan-2 are healthy.

The next Lunar bound orbit maneuver is scheduled tomorrow (August 21, 2019) between 12:30-1:30 pm.