First Photograph Of Earth, Sent By Chandrayan 2 ..... What An Eye-Catching Visual It Is
First Photograph Of Earth, Sent By Chandrayan 2 ..... What An Eye-Catching Visual It Is
The lander and the rover will land near the lunar south pole region in a high plain between two craters, Manzinus C and Simpelius N, at a latitude of about 70° south on 7 September 2019. The wheeled Pragyan rover will move on the lunar surface and will perform on-site chemical analysis for a period of 14 days (one lunar day). It can relay data to Earth through the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter and lander, which were launched together on the same rocket. The orbiter will perform its mission for one year in a circularized lunar polar orbit of 100 × 100 km.
Launch of Chandrayaan-2 was originally scheduled for 14 July 2019 at 21:21 UTC (15 July 2019 2:51 IST) but was called off due to a technical snag noticed while filling the cryogenic engine of the rocket with helium about one hour before launch. The countdown was frozen at T minus 56 minutes, 24 seconds (56 minutes and 24 seconds to launch). It was launched on 22 July 2019 14:43 IST (09:13 UTC) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh
Manufacturer
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Launch mass
Combined (wet): 3,850 kg (8,490 lb)
Combined (dry): 1,308 kg (2,884 lb)
Payload mass
Orbiter (wet): 2,379 kg (5,245 lb)
Orbiter (dry): 682 kg (1,504 lb)
Vikram lander (wet): 1,471 kg (3,243 lb)
Vikram lander (dry): 626 kg (1,380 lb)
Pragyan rover: 27 kg (60 lb)
Power
Orbiter: 1 kW
Vikram lander: 650 W
Pragyan rover: 50 W
Start of mission
Launch date
July 22, 2019, 14:43:12 IST (09:13:12 UTC)
Rocket
GSLV Mk III
Launch site
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Contractor
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Moon orbiter
Orbital insertion
20 August, 2019 (planned)
Orbital parameters
Periapsis altitude
100 km (62 mi)
Apoapsis altitude
100 km (62 m)
Moon lander
Spacecraft component
rover
Landing date
7 September, 2019 (planned)
A successful landing would make India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after the space agencies of the USSR, US and China.If successful, Chandrayaan-2 will be the southernmost lunar landing, aiming to land at 67°S or 70°S latitude.
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