Days after entering the lunar orbit, Chandrayaan-2 on Thursday, 22 August, released its first photo of the moon captured by the Vikram Lander. The photo, which was published on ISRO’s Twitter handle, has been taken at a height of about 2,650 km from the lunar surface on Wednesday.
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Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height of about 2650 km from Lunar surface on August 21, 2019.
Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in the picture.#ISRO pic.twitter.com/ZEoLnSlATQ
— ISRO (@isro) August 22, 2019
In the photo, ISRO identifies two geographical landmarks of the moon – Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters – which are identified in the photograph.
The space agency had on 4 August released the first set of images of the earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 satellite.
After Chandrayaan-2 was placed in lunar orbit, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said that the next major event will happen on 2 September when the lander will be separated from the orbiter. On 3 September, there will be a small maneuver for about 3 seconds to ensure that the systems of the lander are running normally.
The mission will land on the moon on 7 September, at around 1:55 am.
Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar expedition, will shed light on a completely unexplored region of the moon – its south pole.
