Chandrayaan-2 interesting facss
chandranyaan-2 one of the most ambitious lunar mission of india designed by indian space research organization (ISRO) was lanched today at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT) from the sriharikota space station,india.The mission that costs$145m will be the first to land on the moon's south pole.The spacecraft has entered the earth's orbit and will stay there for 23 days before it begins a series of manevers that will take it into lunar orbit.
Chandrayaan-2 is the second lunar mission of india and the first attempt to conduct a soft landing on the moon's south region,apart from demonstrating ISRO's new capabilities the mission is expected to about the moon let's have a look at some of the important facts of the mission.
➤The total weight of the Chandrayaan-2 is 3,850 kg (8,490IB).
➤The total cost of the mission is approximately us$141 million.
➤Originally, Chandrayaan-2 was sheduled to launch in 2011 and was supposed to carry russian - made lander and rover.Since russia pulled out,ISRO had to develop its own lander and rove and this resulted in delay.
➤The main scitific objective of chandrayaan-2 is to map the location and abundanc of lunar water.
➤It will be launched to the lunar south pole because a larger section of this region stays in the shadow.Thus,ther is a possibility of the presence of water in permanently shadowed areas around it.
➤As the south polar region has craters that are extremely cold and everything here is frozen thus the fossil of these craters can reveal information about the early solar system.
➤Chandrayaan-2 will also do 3D mapping of the topography of the south polar region,and will determine its elemental composition and seismic activity.
➤The mission is the first indian expedition on the lunar surface and explore lunar terrain with indigenous technology.
➤With chandrayaan-2 india will become fourth➤country to soft land on the lunar surface
➤Chandrayaan-2 will use the vikram lander and pragyan rover to attempt a soft landing in a high plain between two craters manzinus c and simpelius N at a latitude of about 70A south.Both the lander and the rover are expected to be active for one month.
➤The vikram lander will dtach from the orbiter and descend to a lunar orbit of 30 km using its 800 N liquid main engines.
➤Once detached the lander will then perform a comprehensive check of all its onboard systems before attempting a soft landing, and perform scitific activities for approximately 115 days.
➤Pragyaan, the rover of the misson will operate on solar power.It will moves on 6 wheels traversing 500 meters on the lunar surface at the rate of 1cm per second at the rate of 1 cm per second,performing on-site chemical analysis and sending the data to the lander,which will relay it to the earth station.the expexted operating times of pragyaan rover is around 14 days
➤ISRO has selects eight scitific instruments for the orbiter,four for the lander,and two for the rever.
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