New Delhi: ISRO on Friday said India’s second lunar mission Chadrayaan 2 with a lander and rover will be launched in mid-April.
“We are targeting mid-april to launch Chandrayaan 2 as there were certain tests which could not be done in time for the earlier scheduled January 3 launch,” Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan said.
The details regarding the test are yet to be disclosed. The window to land on the lunar surface is open between March 25 till the end of April, as informed by ISRO.
To be launched a decade after Chandrayaan 1, the Rs. 800 Crore Chandrayaan-2 Mission weighs 3,890 kg. It is to be launched onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk-3. It will orbit around moon to study its conditions and collect information regarding its topography mineralogy and exosphere.
The land rover of Chandrayaan-2 will be separated from the spacecraft after reaching the 100 km lunar orbit. After this it will gradually descend to soft land on the moon to study the lunar surface.
As a tribute to ISRO’s former chairman Vikram Sarabhai, the land rover has been named ‘Vikram’ by ISRO.
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