Narendra Modi hails ISRO for Chandrayaan-2's entry into lunar orbit

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after Chandrayaan2 was put into the lunar orbit.

"Congratulations to Team ISRO on Chandrayaan2 entering the Moon's orbit. This is an important step in the landmark journey to the Moon. Best wishes for its successful culmination," Modi tweeted.

Congratulations to Team @isro on #Chandrayaan2 entering the Moon's orbit. This is an important step in the landmark journey to the Moon.

Best wishes for its successful culmination.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 20, 2019

The space agency on Tuesday successfully completed the orbit manoeuvre and put the Chandrayaan2 spacecraft into the lunar orbit.

The Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) was completed successfully at 9.02 a.m. using the onboard propulsion system.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh also congratulated the ISRO scientists.

"The smooth entry ... is yet another significant achievement for our scientists. Looking forward to the landing of 'Pragyaan' on the moon next month," Singh tweeted.

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh (Yogi Adityanath) and Delhi (Arvind Kejriwal) too took to Twitter to hail ISRO.

Heartiest Congratulations to Team #ISRO for successful completion of Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) of #Chandrayaan2 maneuver today.

India's pride #Chandrayaan2 has completed yet another milestone.

Best wishes for smooth Moon landing on September 7

जय हिंद।
जय भारत।

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) August 20, 2019

Congratulations to @isro scientists for achieving the historic milestone of successfully putting Chandrayaan-II in the Moon's orbit.

Whole country is proud of you

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 20, 2019