India’s second lunar probe, Chandrayaan-2, is planned to be launched
in 2017, the parliament was told on Thursday. ”The Chandrayaan-2,
India’s second mission to the Moon, has Orbiter, Lander and Rover
configuration.
It is planned to be
launched during 2017-2018 time frame by Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle (GSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,” Minister
of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh told the Rajya
Sabha in a written reply.
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation, Chandrayaan-2 is
an advanced version of the Chandrayaan-1 mission. Chandrayaan-1 was
launched from the Chennai-based spaceport on October 22, 2008. It was a
successful mission where the spacecraft orbited around the Moon at a
height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and
photo-geological mapping of the Earth’s natural satellite.
Chandryaan-2
will be an indigenous mission where the ISRO will develop the lunar
Lander and be responsible for the Orbiter and Rover as well as the
launch by GSLV.
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