The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday took to micro-blogging platform Twitter to share the first pictures of Earth captured by the LI4 camera installed in Chandrayaan-2. The Indian space agency also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will watch the moon landing of the lander Vikram carried by the spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 along with selected students.
#ISROFirst set of beautiful images of the Earth captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLanderEarth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:28 UT pic.twitter.com/pLIgHHfg8I
In a series of tweets on Sunday along with the images of Earth from space, ISRO said: “#ISRO First set of beautiful images of the Earth captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander. Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:28 UT”. ISRO subsequently tweeted more images of the Earth clicked at 17:29, 17:32, 17:34 and 17:37 UT.
#ISROEarth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:29 UT pic.twitter.com/IsdzQtfMRv
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. The orbit of the Chandrayaan-2 was raised to 277×89,472 km by firing the onboard motors for 646 seconds, it said, adding that all spacecraft parameters are normal. The fifth orbit raising maneuver is scheduled between 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. on August 6.
