ISRO:Chandrayaan-2 will now launch on July 22
India’s second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, is scheduled to be launched at 2.43 pm on July 22 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced on Thursday. The mission was originally scheduled to take off on Monday but was called off due to a technical snag.
“Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST on Monday, July 22, 2019,” the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a tweet on Thursday.
Chandrayaan-2 would attempt to place a robotic rover on the lunar surface. If the mission is successful, India would become the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the moon after the United States, Russia, and China.
The mission life of the orbiter is one year and the rover’s expected life is 14 Earth days. Chandrayaan-2 will have 14 Indian payloads that will study topography, seismography, and mineral identification, among other things.
ISRO’s most powerful rocket launcher, GSLV Mk III, will be used to carry the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 into orbit.
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