Chandrayaan-2 clicks first image of Earth

It will continue orbiting Earth until August 14

Image of the Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander

The Indian Space Research Organisation tweeted on August 4, the first picture image of the Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander. The picture was taken using the LI4 camera on August 3, 2019 around 11:00 p.m. IST.

ISRO website also shared a few pictures taken from a height of 2450km, 3200km, 4100km, 4700 km and 5000km above Earth.

 

On August 2 afternoon, Chandrayaan 2 was given its

fourth orbit raise as scheduled . With this the spacecraft goes around Earth in an elliptical orbit of 277 km x 89,472 km. "All its parameters are normal," Indian Space Research Organisation said in an update.

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It will continue orbiting Earth until August 14. Meanwhile it will undergo its final orbit manoeuvre on August 6 between 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.

Chandrayaan-2 is slated to arrive at the Moon on August 20 and undergo another round of orbit adjustments.“On the landing day, we are going to experience 15 minutes of terror to ensure a safe landing of the Lander-Rover duo near the South Pole,” Mr. Sivan told The Hindu. “This is because executing a soft-landing is new to us and everything should go as per plan and be perfect.”

Chandrayaan- 2 was launched on July 22 at 2.43 p.m.after the launch scheduled for July 15 was called off just an hour before the rocket take-off, due to what ISRO said a technical snag.