Chandrayaan-2 | Indian space probe | Britannica (original) (raw)
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Annadurai
In Mylswamy Annadurai India’s lunar probes Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2. Chandrayaan-1 was launched from Sriharikota Island, India, on October 22, 2008, by a PSLV-C11 launch vehicle. It had a mass at liftoff of 1,380 kg (3,042 pounds), including a 55-kg (121-pound) payload that contained 11 scientific instruments from India and several other countries. The… Read More
Chandrayaan series
In Chandrayaan Chandrayaan-2 launched on July 22, 2019, from Sriharikota on a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III. The spacecraft consisted of an orbiter, a lander, and a rover. The orbiter circles the Moon in a polar orbit at a height of 100 km (62 miles) and… Read More
exploration of the Moon
In Moon: Return to the Moon India’s next lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2 (launched in 2019), carried a lander and rover that crashed during landing and were destroyed. However, Chandrayaan-3 (launched in 2023) became the first spacecraft to land in the Moon’s south polar region. Chang’e 5 (launched in 2020) returned about 1.7 kg (3.7 pounds) of… Read More
Indian Space Research Organisation
In Indian Space Research Organisation (Chandrayaan-1, 2008; Chandrayaan-2, 2019; Chandrayaan-3, 2023) as well as the Mars Orbiter Mission( 2013), India’s first mission to Mars. ISRO plans to put astronauts into orbit with the Gaganyaan spacecraft in 2024. Read More
