Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft expected to reach moon's orbit on August 20
According to the ISRO “The Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft is expected to reach the moon's orbit on August 20 and land on the lunar surdata-face on September 7”. ISRO Chairman K Sivan said "At around 3.30 am on August 14, we are going to have a manoeuvre called trans-lunar injection. By this manoeuvre, the Chandrayaan-2 will leave the earth and move towards the moon and on August 20, we will be reaching the moon”.
When stating that Chandrayaan 2 will be around the moon on August 20, he said, "Subsequently, we have planned to have a series of manoeuvres around the moon and finally, on September 7, we will be landing on the moon near its {{RelevantDataTitle}}