Chandrayaan-2: ISRO Moon Mission's Launch Date, Time, Registration, Facts & Figures - All You Need to Know

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO Moon Mission's Launch Date, Time, Registration, Facts & Figures - All You Need to Know

Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar exploration mission, is ready for its prime time and is less than two days from its launch. Chandrayaan-2 mission will detect the south polar region of the Moon. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) mission is being seen as a demonstration of deep space exploration technologies and to encourage the progress of more innovative solutions. After the in-house mission, Chandrayaan-2 Chandrayaan-1 mission is India's return to the search for the moon. To know some interesting bits about Chandrayaan-2 mission, read like the date and time of the launch, how to see the registration, the launch, the key facts and the history behind ISRO's landmark project.

Date and time of launch of Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 launcher on Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III (GSLV Mk-III) will be from Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) Spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on July 15, 2009, at 2:51 pm.

Chandrayaan 2 registration, how to see

Immediately after this, ISRO announced that the registration, registration acceptance website went down to see Chandrayaan-2's launching gallery in Sriharikota. So far, registration has been closed to see the launch of Chandrayaan-2 in the person. However, you can tune into your TV or Internet-connected device to watch live streams. ISRO will Livestream Chandrayaan-2 launches on its official Twitter handle and agency's Facebook page. You can also watch live streams on the Doordarshan Channel and its official television national YouTube page.

Facts of Chandrayaan-2

The ISRO Chandrayaan-2 mission was approved in 2008 and the test for the landing mission started in 2016. In March this year, ISRO announced that the Chandrayaan-2 module is being read for the July launch timeline specified. The Chandrayaan-II mission, which is also expected to make a passive experiment with the NASA of American Space Agency, has been developed at a fraction of the cost, on which other space agencies have developed their respective space missions.

For the mission, Chandrayaan-2 missions include an orbiter, a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan. The main objective of the Chandrayaan-2 mission is to build the work done by its predecessor and soft-land on the Moon surface to study the planet's natural satellites.

Mission Chandrayaan-2 is the first in the world to do a soft landing on the Moon's South Polar region. It is also India's first space project to try a soft landing on the moon surface using indigenously developed technology. Along with Chandrayaan-2, India has also become only the fourth country on the Moon for the soft land.

As the field of use, payloads will be used for the study of topography, mineral identification, and distribution, soil's thermophysical characteristics, surface chemical composition and structure of the Moon's atmosphere. More information about payload and their purpose can be found here.

Chandrayaan-2 figures

Vikram Lander is expected to make a soft landing on the Moon's surface at some point on September 6th. For the project life of mission components, the orbiter is expected to be functional for approximately one year. The mission of Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover is considered to be a lunar day, which is 14 days on earth.

The orbiter will take eight scientific payloads to study the mapping of the moon surface and to study the outer environment of the moon, while the lander takes three scientific payloads for the operation of surface and sub-scientific experiments. For the rover, it will have two payloads for a more advanced test.

GSLV Mk-III is India's most powerful launcher ever and it is capable of carrying 4 tonnes of satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The components of the three-phase launcher include S200 solid rocket booster, L110 liquid phase, and C25 upper stage.

The weight of the orbiter is 2,379 kg and its power generation capacity is 1,000 W. It will be placed in 100x100 kilometers long lunar polar orbit. Vikram Lander weighs 1,471 kgs and has 650W power generation capacity. The 6-wheeled prognosis rover weighs 27kg and it can generate 50W electric power. It can travel up to 500 meters and depends on solar energy for its functioning.