Chandrayaan-2 second de-orbiting manoeuvre executed: ISRO

The second de-orbiting maneuver of Chandrayaan -2 spacecraft was successfully carried out early Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation said, inching towards achieving a historic soft-landing on the lunar surface. "With this manoeuvre the required orbit for the Vikram Lander to commence it descent towards the surface of the Moon is achieved," ISRO said in a statement.

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