India's Space Program: Complete Coverage
Chandrayaan-2 is India's planned second mission to the moon, which is expected to launch in 2019.
It is a follow-up mission from the Chandrayaan-1 mission that assisted in confirming the presence of
water/hydroxyl on the moon in 2009. Chandryaan-2willl launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Srihanikota India, aboarda Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket.
According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the new mission will consist of an
orbiter a lander and a rover. The orbiter will perfom mapping from an altiude of 100 kilometers
(62 miles) ,while the lander will make a softlanding on the surface and send out the rover.
Development and Science
Initially, ISRO planned to partner with Russia to perform Chandrayaan-2. The two agencies signed an agreement in 2007 to launch the orbiter and lander in 2013.Russia later pulled out of the agreement, however, according to a news report from The Hindu. The Russia lander 's construction was delayed after the December 2011 failure of Roscosmos ' phobos- Grunt mission to the Martian moon of phobos, the report stated.
Russia subsequently pulled out of Chandrayaan-2 altogether,citing financial issues.Some reports stated that NASA and the European Space Agency were interested in participating , but ISRO proceeded with the mission on its own.
The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter will circle the moon and provide information about surface, ISRO stated. "The payloads will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy
elemental abundance,lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice,"ISRO said on its website. The mission will also autonomously, examining the lunar regolith's composition.
Chandrayaan-2 is India's planned second mission to the moon, which is expected to launch in 2019.
It is a follow-up mission from the Chandrayaan-1 mission that assisted in confirming the presence of
water/hydroxyl on the moon in 2009. Chandryaan-2willl launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Srihanikota India, aboarda Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket.
According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the new mission will consist of an
orbiter a lander and a rover. The orbiter will perfom mapping from an altiude of 100 kilometers
(62 miles) ,while the lander will make a softlanding on the surface and send out the rover.
Development and Science
Initially, ISRO planned to partner with Russia to perform Chandrayaan-2. The two agencies signed an agreement in 2007 to launch the orbiter and lander in 2013.Russia later pulled out of the agreement, however, according to a news report from The Hindu. The Russia lander 's construction was delayed after the December 2011 failure of Roscosmos ' phobos- Grunt mission to the Martian moon of phobos, the report stated.
Russia subsequently pulled out of Chandrayaan-2 altogether,citing financial issues.Some reports stated that NASA and the European Space Agency were interested in participating , but ISRO proceeded with the mission on its own.
The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter will circle the moon and provide information about surface, ISRO stated. "The payloads will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy
elemental abundance,lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice,"ISRO said on its website. The mission will also autonomously, examining the lunar regolith's composition.
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