Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization
(ISRO) Siwan announced on Wednesday that India's second mission will be
launched on Chandrayaan-2 on July 15.
Landing on the Moon near the South Pole. Landing will be approx on September 6 or 7. Indian Space Agency is
ready for its most complex mission.
The
launch will be on the GSLV MK-III vehicle at 2.51 am from the space station of
Sriharikota.
ISRO had earlier launched a launch window for the mission from
July 9 to July 16. He said that the orbiter will have eight payloads, lander
three and rover two.
Sivan said that the mission cost of Chandrayaan-2 in relation to satellite was Rs 603
crores. The cost of GSLV MK III is Rs. 375 crores.
According
to ISRO, the orbiter will rotate around the moon, with the scientific payload.
Lander will deploy soft land and rover on the Moon at a predetermined location.
ISRO
said that after launching the GSLV MK-III in an earth-bound orbit, the
integrated module will reach the orbit of the Moon using the orbiter propulsion
module and later, the lander will be separated from the orbiter and the soft
land at the preceding site, the Moon South Pole Close to.
Chandrayaan-2 is an advanced version of the last Chandrayaan-1 mission:---Devices
were also installed on landers and orbiter to carry out scientific experiments.
Chandrayaan-2 is an advanced version of the last Chandrayaan-1 mission, which
was launched about 10 years ago.
Chandrayaan-1
had 11 payloads - five in India, three in Europe, two in America and one from
Bulgaria - and this mission was credited with discovering water on the moon
surface.
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