Chandrayaan – 2 update : Optimised Mission Plan of Chandrayaan – 2 Spacecraft Home/Archives/Chandrayaan – 2 update


First earth bound orbit raising maneuver for Chandryaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully on July 24, 2019 at 1452 hrs (IST) as planned, using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 48 seconds.

Further major activities include, remaining Earth bound maneuvers, Trans Lunar Insertion, Lunar bound maneuvers, Vikram Separation and Vikram Touch Down.

The optimized mission plan up to Trans Lunar injection is given below,

Date

Event Scheduled during (IST)

Targeted Orbit (KM)

24.07.2019

14:00 - 15:30

230 x 45162

26.07.2019

01:00 - 02:00

250 x 54689

29.07.2019

14:30 - 15:30

268 x 71558

02.08.2019

14:00 - 15:00

248 x 90229

06.08.2019

14:30 - 15:30

 221 x 143585

Trans Lunar Insertion

14.08.2019

03:00 - 04:00

 266 x 413623


The spacecraft is scheduled for lunar orbit insertion by August 20, 2019.

Note : It may be noted that the orbit achieved after every maneuver and the orbit planned for the next maneuver depends on the system performance during each maneuver.