Vikram the lander and Pragyan (rover) siting inside. On Monday, Vikram were
successfully separated from the orbiter pushing India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission
into the last and most important leg Moon Landing. Next, after two de-orbit
maneuver’s, Now Vikram is expected to touchdown on the lunar surface on 7-
September -2019 between 1.30 am to 2.30am. ISRO has announced the exact
timing as it would be at 1.55am. #ISRO Vikram Lander Successfully separates from
#Chandrayaan2 Orbiter today (September 02, 2019) at 1315 hrs. IST.…
https://t.co/S0JWwzk337— ISRO (@sir) 1567411320000. ISRO carried out
another flawless operation on Monday to separate landing module Vikram &
Pragyan from the orbiter and all health parameters of both the orbiter-which will
now go around Moon alone for at least a year-and the landing module were said
to be normal. At 1.15pm Vikram successfully separated from Chandrayaan-2
orbiter. The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is continuing to orbit the moon in its existing
orbit. 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 is the center where the health
of the orbiter and lander is been Monitored. All the systems of Chandrayaan-2
orbiter and lander are checked and are healthy and the now the next maneuver is
scheduled for September 03 between 8.45am and 9.45am. The separation
command was executed by the on-board systems autonomously after Isro
mission control had loaded the commands earlier in the day. It was carried from
an orbit the integrated spacecraft had achieved in Sunday after 52-second
maneuvers -the 119kmX127km orbit-and sources said that everything went as per
plan. ISRO had said, “There will be two de-orbit maneuvers of Vikram to prepare
for its landing in the south polar region of Moon,”. Chandrayaan-2 was launched
from Shriharikota. The landing module which was sitting on the top of the orbiter
was successfully removed making Vikram independent for the first time since
july22. Now finally ISRO is few days away from moon landing. A success at which
will put India in an elite club of nations to have achieved such a feat.
