July 22, 2019 9:13 am

Chandrayaan-2

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LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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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
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Indian Space Research Organization
Payload Chandrayaan-2
Rocket LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
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.

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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
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Indian Space Research Organization
Payload Chandrayaan-2
Rocket LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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