Isro's second mission to the Moon will be launched early Monday morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Chandrayaan-2 is an ambitious mission that aims to place a rover on the Moon. A GSLV Mk-III rocket will carry Chandrayaan-2 to the Moon and place into orbit an orbiter that will revolve around the satellite for around a year.
The 640-tonne rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III), about 44-metre tall, is nicknamed 'Bahubali'. It will carry the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. Sixteen minutes into its flight, the Rs 375-crore GSLV-Mk III rocket is expected to sling the Rs 603-crore Chandrayaan-2 into an Earth-parking 170x40400 km orbit.
From there, Chandrayaan-2 will travel for nearly 3.844 lakh km, carrying lander 'Vikram' and rover 'Pragyaan' to the moon. On September 6 or 7, Vikram is expected to make a soft landing on the moon and then Pragyaan will roll out to carry out in-situ experiments.
Isro's second mission to the Moon will be launched early Monday morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Chandrayaan-2 is an ambitious mission that aims to place a rover on the Moon. A GSLV Mk-III rocket will carry Chandrayaan-2 to the Moon and place into orbit an orbiter that will revolve around the satellite for around a year.
The 640-tonne rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III), about 44-metre tall, is nicknamed 'Bahubali'. It will carry the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. Sixteen minutes into its flight, the Rs 375-crore GSLV-Mk III rocket is expected to sling the Rs 603-crore Chandrayaan-2 into an Earth-parking 170x40400 km orbit.
From there, Chandrayaan-2 will travel for nearly 3.844 lakh km, carrying lander 'Vikram' and rover 'Pragyaan' to the moon. On September 6 or 7, Vikram is expected to make a soft landing on the moon and then Pragyaan will roll out to carry out in-situ experiments.
