Chandrayaan-2 leaves Earth's orbit, expected to land on Moon on Sept 7

India's second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 left the Earth's orbit early on Wednesday morning and is moving towards the Moon. ISRO said the spacecraft carried out the manoeuvre called 'Trans Lunar Injection' at 2:21 am, following which it successfully entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory. Chandrayaan-2 is expected to land on lunar surface on September 7.

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