Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second mission to the Moon. It consists of an orbiter, lander and rover. After reaching the 100 km lunar orbit, the lander housing the rover will separate from the orbiter. After a controlled descent, the lander will perform a soft landing on the lunar surface at a specified site and deploy the rover. Six-wheeled rover weighs around 20 kg and will operate on solar power. It will move around the landing site, performing lunar surface chemical analysis and relaying data back to Earth through the orbiter. The lander will be collecting data on Moon-quakes, thermal properties of the lunar surface, the density and variation of lunar surface plasma. The orbiter will be mapping lunar surface. Altogether, Chandrayaan-2 mission will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.
Launch Overview
Window Open
09:13 UTC
Window Close
09:13 UTC
Lift Off
Jul 22, 2019 · 09:13 UTC
Launch Facility
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Launch Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second mission to the Moon. It consists of an orbiter, lander and rover. After reaching the 100 km lunar orbit, the lander housing the rover will separate from the orbiter. After a controlled descent, the lander will perform a soft landing on the lunar surface at a specified site and deploy the rover. Six-wheeled rover weighs around 20 kg and will operate on solar power. It will move around the landing site, performing lunar surface chemical analysis and relaying data back to Earth through the orbiter. The lander will be collecting data on Moon-quakes, thermal properties of the lunar surface, the density and variation of lunar surface plasma. The orbiter will be mapping lunar surface. Altogether, Chandrayaan-2 mission will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.
Height
LEO Payload
Total Launches
Status
Indian Space Research Organization
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Launch Overview
Window Open
09:13 UTC
Window Close
09:13 UTC
Lift Off
Jul 22, 2019 · 09:13 UTC
Launch Facility
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Launch Pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad