Chandrayaan-2 launch highlights

July 23, 2019 Hot from the Oven Valli Sarvani No comments

India’s most awaited rocket Chandrayaan-2 has been launched successfully yesterday at 2:43 p.m. as planned by ISRO. Though the launch was not successful on July 15, yesterday, the rocket has launched as planned.

Here are the highlights of the Chandrayaan-2 launch:

It is the most ambitious mission of India.
The Bahubali rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) lifted off the 3,850 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.
It has been launched from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) Sriharikota.
It will land on the moon between 6 and 8 September.
The launch of Chandrayaan-2 was successful 11 years after it was approved by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2008.
The scientific experiment will be carried on moon in one lunar day, i.e. 14 earth days.
The orbital experiment will be operational for one year.
Chandrayaan-2 is the successor of Chandrayaan-1 that was successfully launched in October 2008.
GSLV Mk-III is the heaviest rocket that was built by India.
The aim of Chandrayaan-2 is to discover a previously unexplored area on the lunar south pole.
Chandrayaan-1, the first lunar mission to the moon by India confirmed the presence of water on the lunar surface.
Hence, scientists suspect the presence of water in the form of ice and craters can reveal fossilized information about the early solar system.
The mission that costs less than ₹1,000 crores will help the scientists study the existence of water on the lunar south pole.
It was not explored by any other nation earlier and India will become the first nation to study it.
ISRO scientists are attempting for its soft landing on the moon.
If the mission is successful, i.e. after the successful soft landing of the rocket, India joins the elite space club with China, Russia and the United States.