Behold! ISRO Releases First Set Of Images From Chandrayaan-2 And They Are Breathtaking
Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO revealed the very first collection of photographs captured by Chandrayaan-2 Indias second lunar mission. The camera on-board captured images of Earth as viewed from space. The space agency which is headquartered in the city of Bengaluru said that the images were captured by the LI4 camera on Vikram.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) revealed the very first collection of photographs captured by Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar mission.
The camera on-board captured images of Earth as viewed from space. The space agency, which is headquartered in the city of Bengaluru said that the images were captured by the LI4 camera on Vikram, the lander.
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¡ª ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
First set of beautiful images of the Earth captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander
Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:28 UT pic.twitter.com/pLIgHHfg8I
A total of five images were shared by ISRO on twitter consecutively on Sunday.
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¡ª ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:37 UT pic.twitter.com/8N7c8CROjy
These photographs were captured on August 3 by the LI4 camera that is on-board the Chandrayan-2.
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¡ª ISRO (@isro) August 4, 2019
First set of beautiful images of the Earth captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander
Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:28 UT pic.twitter.com/pLIgHHfg8I
The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is set to land on the south pole of the moon by August 20. It performed its first Earth-raising Orbit manoeuvre on 24 July. The second came on 26 July, third on 29 July and the fourth manoeuvre was completed successfully on 2 August.
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¡ª ISRO (@isro) August 2, 2019
Today marks the successful completion of the fourth orbit raising maneuver. The last Earth bound maneuver is planned on August 6, 2019#ISRO pic.twitter.com/45jy83UCrP
With this space mission, India aims to soft-land a probe on Moon and put a satellite in its orbit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the fact that Chandrayaan-2 is a fully indigenous mission would make every Indian overjoyed. ¡°It will have an Orbiter for remote sensing the Moon and also a Lander-Rover module for analysis of lunar surface,¡± he had shared on Twitter.
Indian at heart, Indian in spirit!
¡ª Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 22, 2019
What would make every Indian overjoyed is the fact that #Chandrayaan2 is a fully indigenous mission.
It will have an Orbiter for remote sensing the Moon and also a Lander-Rover module for analysis of lunar surface.
It attracted instant appreciation from the science and space fraternity, as well as several leading personalities from the field of politics, sports and business.
Congratulations #ISRO on today¡¯s giant leap! Next stop ¨C the moon?! #Chandrayaan2 ? #CantWaitToSeeWhatYouDoNext #GSLVMkIII pic.twitter.com/pdOHk3fs0d
¡ª U.S. Embassy India (@USAndIndia) July 22, 2019
The launch on 22 July took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Station in Sriharikota after the initial 15 July launch was delayed due to a technical snag in the launch vehicle, the GSLV Mk-III.
