India's moon mission placed in lunar orbit

By Siddhartha Kumar
Updated August 20 2019 - 4:48pm, first published 4:44pm
India's Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 is in lunar orbit.
India's Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 is in lunar orbit.

India's moon mission Chandrayaan-2 has been successfully placed in lunar orbit following a tricky manoeuvre, officials at Indian Space Research Organisation say.

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