Indian Moon Mission Gets Second Orbit Boost

BENGALURU—India’s national space agency has successfully carried out the second of three planned orbit-raising maneuvers for its second lunar probe, Chandrayaan-2. The maneuver took place July 26 at 01:08 local time, and involved firing the onboard propulsion system for 883 sec. The orbit achieved...

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