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Chandrayaan-2, aged one day on its orbit around the moon, began to perform gradual maneuvers to shorten the elliptical orbit for the September 7 landing.
On 21 August, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that it had compressed the current elliptical orbit at 4,412 km at the end of the moon. The exercise in orbit was carried out for about 20 minutes starting at 12:50 pm by firing the onboard engines.
At the other end, the probe is 118 km from the lunar surface. After the fourth maneuver, its orbit would become circular, according to ISRO.
When it was inserted into the lunar orbit on August 20, the orbiter-lander circled the moon in an orbit of 114 km by 18,072 km.
The last update said: "All spaceship parameters are normal. The next maneuver in lunar destination is scheduled for August 28 between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm Eastern Time. "
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