The first picture of Moon captured by India's Chandrayaan-2 satellite, currently in the lunar orbit, was released by space agency Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday.
The picture of Moon was taken by Chandrayaan-2's LI4 Camera from an altitude of about 2,650 km from the lunar surface on Aug. 21, the city-headquarters Indian Space Research Organisation said.
"Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height of about 2,650 km from Lunar surface on Aug. 21, 2019. Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in the picture," ISRO tweeted along with the picture.
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.
August 22, 2019
Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in the picture.#ISRO pic.twitter.com/ZEoLnSlATQThe space agency had on Aug. 4 released a first set of images of the earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 satellite. ISRO had on Wednesday performed second lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 and said all spacecraft parameters are normal.
There will be three more orbit manoeuvres before the lander's separation from the Orbiter on Sept. 2 and eventual soft landing in the south polar region of the Moon, planned on Sept. 7. India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III-M1, had successfully launched the 3,840-kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into the earth's orbit on July 22.
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