ISRO releases BEAUTIFUL images of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2

First set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2

ISRO on July 22 this year launched Chandrayaan-2 successfully. On Sunday, ISRO took to a Twitter to share spectacular pictures of the Earth. The images of the Earth were captured by LI4 camera installed in Chandrayaan-2. The images were captured on August 3 i.e. on Saturday.

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First set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 (Photo Credit: ISRO)

Chandrayaan-2 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 170×45,475 km by India’s heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III) in a text book style.

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First set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 (Photo Credit: ISRO)

Chandrayaan-2 has three elements including the Rover, the Lander and the Orbiter. As soon as the spacecraft will make a soft landing on the moon, the lander will separate from the Orbiter and then perform a series of complex manoeuvres comprising of tough braking and fine braking.

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First set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 (Photo Credit: ISRO)

The lander, named Vikram, will land near the Moon’s South Pole and then it will then carry out experiments on Lunar surface for 1 Lunar day. A single lunar day is equal to 14 Earth days. However. Orbiter will continue its mission for a duration of one year.

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First set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 (Photo Credit: ISRO)

The historic Chandrayaan-2 mission will target a completely unexplored section of the Moon that is, its “South Polar region - Aitken Basin”. By conducting topographical studies and mineralogical analyses alongside a few other experiments on the Moon’s Surface, the ISRO’s ambitious mission aimed to get a better understanding of the Moon’s origin and its evolution.

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First set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 (Photo Credit: ISRO)

The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft weighs approximately 3290 kilograms. Dubbed as ‘Baahubali’, the GSLV Mk-III rocket which stands 43 metres tall. In Chandrayaan-2, a total of 13 payloads are distributed across the three modules where the Orbiter and Vikram Lander are stacked upon each other whereas the Pragyan Rover is housed inside the lander.

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