Chandrayaan-2 Enters Lunar Orbit

BENGALURU—India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, has successfully entered lunar orbit three weeks after it was launched. The lunar orbit insertion maneuver was completed at 09:02 Indian Standard Time (IST) using the spacecraft’s onboard propulsion system, an Indian Space Research Organization...

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