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ISRO releases first images of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander. The pictures were taken on Saturday and were captured by Chandrayaan-2’s LI4 camera.

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By CNBC-TV18 Aug 4, 2019 1:23:55 PM IST (Updated)

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first set of pictures of Earth captured by Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander. (Image source: ISRO twitter)

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The pictures were taken on Saturday and were captured by Chandrayaan-2’s LI4 camera. (Image source: ISRO twitter)

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Earlier Chandrayaan-2 carried out the fourth Earthbound orbit-raising manoeuvre for its lunar mission two days ago. (Image source: ISRO twitter)

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To make up for the loss of seven days due to the delay in the launch, the flight duration of Chandrayaan-2 from the earth to the moon has been reduced from 54 days to 48 days by tweaking the flight path. (Image source: ISRO twitter)

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Its lander will descend on the moon by September 7. (Image source: ISRO twitter)

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