Chandrayaan 2 Mission – Overview
“Chandrayaan 2” is a three-in-one spacecraft developed by ISRO with all in all Indian technologies with eight payloads. Here are the design specifications and initial mission-related information of “Chandrayaan 2”.
Launch Date |
22th July, 2019 |
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Launch Vehicle |
GSLV Mk III Fat Boy |
Launch Site |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India |
Launch Mass (Orbiter) |
~2,379 kg |
Mission Tenure |
~1 year (extended) |
Objectives |
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Launch Mass – Lander (Vikram) |
~1,471 kg |
Payload |
Pragyan Rover |
Objectives |
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Mass – Rover (Pragyan) |
~27 kg |
Power Source |
Solar panels |
Objectives |
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Total Weight |
Around 3,877 KGs |
Chandrayaan 2 Mission Essay: Objective, Success
“Chandrayaan 2” was a prequel mission to “Chandrayaan 3”. It is a partially successful mission as the orbiter part of the “Chandrayaan 2” is still carrying out its operations and the lander crashed in the Moon’s southern hemisphere in 2019. It will continue its seven-year mission to study the Moon. As well as it observes the key findings of “Chandrayaan 1” in detail (Completed by “Chandrayaan 3″) .”Chandrayaan 2” was launched by ISRO during the tenure of Sivan Kailasavadivoo (K. Sivan). Today we will discuss “Chandrayaan 2” in depth.
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