Chandrayaan 2 successfully enters lunar orbit

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Tuesday morning successfully placed Chandrayaan 2 into the lunar orbit. Chandrayaan 2 will now be performing 4 more orbit manoeuvres to place the spacecraft into its final orbit before the crucial landing on the lunar surface on September 7.

India's second lunar exploration, Chandrayaan 2, took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota, on July 22, after its first launch attempt was aborted following a technical glitch on July 15.