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Chandrayaan-2 inserted into Lunar Obit

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Tuesday, 20 August 2019 (11:15 IST)
Chennai: The Indian Space Agency on Tuesday achieved a significant milestone, when Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, launched from SHAR Range in Sriharikota on July 22, entered into the Lunar Orbit, for a scheduled soft landing on the Moon's South Pole on September seven.
ISRO in its update said the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) manoeuver was completed successfully today at 0902 hrs as planned, using the on board propulsion system. (UNI) 

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