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by olliej 2491 days ago
“On entering Moon's sphere of influence, on-board thrusters will slow down the spacecraft for Lunar Capture. Subsequently the orbit of Chandrayaan-2 around the moon will be circularised to a 100x100 km orbit through a series of orbital maneuvers.”
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The series of 4 planned orbital maneuvers are outlined here https://www.isro.gov.in/update/14-aug-2019/chandrayaan-2-suc...
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