ISRO releases first images of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander. The pictures were taken on Saturday and were captured by Chandrayaan-2’s LI4 camera.

By CNBC-TV18Aug 4, 2019 1:23:55 PM IST (Updated)

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander.

The pictures were taken on Saturday and were captured by Chandrayaan-2’s LI4 camera.

Earlier Chandrayaan-2 carried out the fourth Earthbound orbit-raising manoeuvre for its lunar mission two days ago.

To make up for the loss of seven days due to the delay in the launch, the flight duration of Chandrayaan-2 from the earth to the moon has been reduced from 54 days to 48 days by tweaking the flight path.

Its lander will descend on the moon by September 7.