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Chandrayaan-2 expected to reach Moon on Aug 20, landing on Sept 7: Isro

Chandrayaan-2 will be orbiting the Earth for 23 days and on August 14, Isro will conduct the Trans Lunar Injection

GSLV-MkIII-M1 rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh | Photo: ISRO
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GSLV-MkIII-M1 rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh | Photo: ISRO

T E Narasimhan Chennai
India's second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2, is expected to reach the orbit of Earth's satellite on August 20. 

Isro officials said that the Earth-bound manoeuvers for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft are being executed from today onwards.

The first earth-bound orbit-raising manoeuver of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully on this afternoon at 1452 hrs (IST) as planned,