New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first set of pictures of the earth, captured by Chandrayaan 2, the country’s second Moon mission launched recently.
The pictures were captured by L 14 camera on board Chandrayaan 2. The pictures show the earth in different hues, the space agency said.
ISRO shared the pictures the earth on social media as viewed by Chandrayaan2 L I4 Camera.
The images were taken from a distance of approximately 5,000 km and by the LI4 camera aboard the lander. They show parts of the Pacific Ocean and the American continent.
Chandrayaan 2 was propelled into space by the 44-metre-long GSLV Mk3 rocket – India’s largest and most powerful. It consists of an orbiter, a lander ‘Vikram’ (named after ISRO founder and eminent scientist Vikram Sarabhai) and a moon rover ‘Pragyaan’.
Earlier on Friday, the fourth orbit raising activity for India’s moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was performed successfully at 3.27 p.m., the ISRO said.
ISRO said the orbit of the Chandrayaan-2 was raised to 277×89,472 km by firing the onboard motors for 646 seconds.
The fifth orbit raising manoeuvre is scheduled between 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. on August 6.