T+16 minutes. Cry stage shut off. CY-2 satellite separated. Injected in a highly elliptical GTO orbit.
Satellite is responding.
Congrats ISRO !!!
Satellite is responding.
Congrats ISRO !!!
Basically this is the Mangalyan template
Of using Lunar Gravity
The actual lander will land on 7 September
Of using Lunar Gravity
The actual lander will land on 7 September
Orbit is 6000 km more than intended target. This way sat can have more fuel for orbital maneuvering.
ISRO Chief is emotional. You can see what it meant to him. Well done sir, well done.
Damn the text book flight was almost as perfect as a PSLV flight.
Chariman Sivan says work of tomorrow's first satellite burn already completed by rocket. So we get to save some fuel for later use
Pallav Bagla has officially become the person who has covered most ISRO missions, including Chandrayaan 1 and Chandrayaan 2. Means for well over 10+ years he has been describing how many elephants are needed to weigh our rockets weigh 
A truly historic day. Congratulations to ISRO and all those involved for the successful launch operation. Now, the waiting part begins as Chandrayaan-2 sets off on its long and complicated journey to Luna. But the most volatile part of the mission (the launch) is now past us. Here's hoping the next most complicated part (the soft landing on Lunar surface) goes smoothly as well.
To the moon's South pole we go!
To the moon's South pole we go!
Post launch address :
- Apogee bettered by 6000 km
- Technical fault discovered during first attempt fixed within 24 hrs
- GSLV Mk III performance increased by 15 % reaching its designed 4 tonne to GTO capacity.
- Next launch campaign is of Cartosat 3
- Apogee 45,000 Perigee 170
- cryo engine burnt till total fuel depletion
Upcoming events as announced on the webcast (hopefully I understood correctly) :
- From tomorrow onward : 6 orbit raising burns at perigee 3, 4, 6, 11, 16, 19 (orbit changes to: 47000km apogee, 243km perigee, 55800km apogee, 71500km apogee, 89700km apogee and so on).
- August 14 : TLI burn at perigee 22.
- August 20 : Arrival initial lunar orbit (120km x 18000km highly elliptical orbit).
- Last week of August : 4 peri-lunar braking burns.
- September 1 : Arrival final lunar orbit (100 x 100km circular orbit).
- September 2-3 : Separation lander/rover (orbit change to 30 x 100km).
- September 6 : 21:28 UTC landing (Sep. 7 - 2:58am IST).