Skip to main content

ISRO GEARING UP FOR MOON MISSION NAMED CHANDRAYAAN -2


Chandrayaan -2 A Mission To Moon

After doing a successful mission on moon named mission
Chandrayaan which included one lander and one test payload to check whether ISRO is capable of  landing a rover for research purposes.

 Mission Chandrayaan was launched with help of PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle).

Well now time has come , ISRO is setup to go for Chandrayaan-2 which consist of one orbiter , one lander and one rover on moon. 

For representative purpose

  • Chandrayaan 2 will consist one orbiter, lander and rover.
  • This whole mission  will be done indigenous.
  • The mission will be carried out on GSLV-F10 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) launch vehicle most probably in second  half of 2018.  
  • Orbiter will be placed in lunar orbit at 100 km.
  • The lander housing the rover will separate from the orbiter and will perform a soft landing on moon carrying rover safely.
  • The rover used in this mission will be a six wheeled Rover which will be controlled by the ground commands.
  • The moon rover  will move on the landing site in semi-autonomous mode.
  • The rover is designed to carry data from the lunar soil and send to ground commands through the orbiter.
  • The orbiter will also do remote sensing of moon and send valuable data for analysis.
  • The Orbiter weight is around 3290 kg .
  • The objective of this mission is to collect scientific information from moon for mineralogy, elemental abundance,lunar exosphere, lunar topography and taking signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.
  • The mission success will add name of India in the list of elite space agencies who have such kind of capabilities.
Due to some technical difficulties and failure of two mission one of them was loosing communication satellite GSAT-6A and another one is PSLV-C39 mission.

We can not say GSAT-6A mission was a complete failure as the satellite lift off successfully into orbit but ground command centre was unable to establish connection with the satellite and hence they failed but partially.

the scheduled launch of Chandrayaan 2 has been changed twice, from April to October and now it is pushed to next year 2019 in month of January.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How Parker Solar Probe will withstand Sun's heat ?

Sun may look calm and beautiful from our earth but it is one of the most ferocious body in our solar system, a body whose mass continuously rises ,  having millions of nuclear reactions going every second , tingling magnetic lines sun also have strong and constant winds flowing with speed of million miles per hour . Since it is the only star in our reach to study but it is still very difficult to study its behaviour So how? Parker Solar Probe The answer is Parker solar probe made by NASA which will blast off this year to a long journey of around 4 million miles(6.4 million km) from the earth to the sun. The temperature of sun which can rise up to 1 million degree Fahrenheit is strong enough to melt anything approaching it. So how will our small probe will withstand this harsh surrounding? But still the temperature of the solar panels and elements still can go to about 2498 degree Fahrenheit (1370 degree Celsius) so there is necessity to co...
Post a Comment
Read more

New study claims that aliens might have lived twice on the moon

Earth's one and only natural satellite have many secrets which are to be revealed.Our moon in ancient times was suitable to support life twice ,one 4 billion years ago and again in 3.5 billion years ago suggested by a study at Washington state University. According to the study it is believed that meteorites from earth with living cells and microbes were carried to the Moon. This was published in the Monday edition of journal Astrobiology . Two planetary scientists have stated in there study that during landing of meteorites on Moon created heat enough to melt ice water in the surface of the moon in water vapours and gases which spewed out from the moon surface and form water pools on moon. The study also stated that there was also stable atmosphere at that time with magnetic field wrapping whole moon enough to safeguard organisms on the moon from solar winds. Dirk Schulze Makuch an astrobiologist at Washington State University said that "There could have ac...
Post a Comment
Read more

Is ISRO in a position to compete with the space organizations of other countries? Where does it rank?

ISRO is one of the biggest contender in space race despite limitations on funding and resources. Many milestones achieved by ISRO like Mars Orbiter Mission, Chandrayaan, 104 satellite launched in orbit on a single rocket put them in the forefront of space race. ISRO might have very less funding in comparison to other major space agency like NASA,JAXA,ROSCOSMOS, ESA, CNSA, CSA but determination of space scientists and there hardwork put ISRO in above elite space groups. There is no ranking system but if I would like to give ISRO a rank and on which most of the people will believe is: 1.NASA 2 ROSCOSMOS 3.CNSA 4.ESA 5.JAXA and ISRO 6.CSA
Post a Comment
Read more