ISRO said that the LI4 camera of Chandrayaan 2 took this picture of the moon on August 21 from a height of 2,650 km from its surface.
New Delhi| The Indian space agency ISRO released the first picture of the moon taken from India’s Chandrayaan-2 satellite on Thursday. The satellite is currently revolving in the Moon’s orbit. ISRO said that the LI4 camera of Chandrayaan-2 took this picture of the moon on August 21 from a height of 2,650 km from its surface.
ISRO tweeted 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. Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in 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.
Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in the picture.#ISRO pic.twitter.com/ZEoLnSlATQ
— ISRO (@isro) August 22, 2019
After circling the Earth for 23 days, it took 6 days for Chandrayaan 2 to reach the Moon’s orbit. On September 7, a soft landing will be made at the predetermined location (South Pole) on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan 2 weighs 3,877 kg
Chandrayaan 2 was launched with India’s most powerful GSLV Mark-III rocket. This rocket has three modules orbiter, lander (Vikram) and rover (Pragyan). Under this mission, ISRO plans to land the lander at the south pole of the moon. Chandrayaan-2 weighs 3,877 kg. This is almost three times more than the Chandrayaan-1 mission (1380 kg). The speed of the rover inside the lander is 1 cm per second.
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