Chandrayaan-2 Launch Timeline

Date (2019)	Event
15 July	First launch attempt aborted 56 minutes before liftoff (technical glitch in launch vehicle)
22 July	Launch at 09:13 UTC aboard GSLV Mk III-M1; injected into 45,475 × 169 km Earth orbit
24 July – 6 August	Five Earth-bound orbit-raising manoeuvres using the onboard propulsion system
14 August	Trans-lunar injection — spacecraft leaves Earth orbit for the Moon
20 August	Lunar orbit insertion; captured into 114 × 18,072 km lunar orbit
21 August – 1 September	Four lunar orbit-lowering manoeuvres to a near-circular 119 × 127 km orbit
2 September	Vikram lander separates from the orbiter
3–4 September	Two deorbit manoeuvres place Vikram in a 35 × 101 km orbit
6 September	Powered descent begins at 20:08 UTC; contact lost at 2.1 km altitude — lander crashes

The orbiter remained unaffected in its 100 km polar science orbit and continues operating — see the mission overview.