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
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.