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Chandrayaan-2 lifting off on 22 July 2019 at 02.43 PM IST. The launch of Chandrayaan-2 was initially scheduled for 14 July 2019, 21:21 UTC (15 July 2019 at 02:51 IST local time). [40] However, the launch was aborted 56 minutes and 24 seconds before launch due to a technical glitch, so it was rescheduled to 22 July 2019.
The rover was launched as part of Chandrayaan-2 on 22 July 2019 and was destroyed with its lander, Vikram, when it crashed on the Moon on 6 September 2019. [2] [7] In July 2023, Chandrayaan-3 launched, carrying new versions of Vikram and Pragyan, [8] which successfully landed near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023. [9]
It is located on the coordinates 2] and it lies between Manzinus C and Simpelius N craters. [3] The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi said, "The spot on the lunar surface where the Chandrayaan-2 left its footprints in 2019 will be known as 'Tiranga'. This will be an inspiration for every effort made by India.
Yutu-2: CNSA: 3 January 2019 2224 days 1.455 km (0.904 mi) [2] as of 3 January 2023: Operational First rover on the far side of the Moon. Longest fully functioning rover on the Moon. Chandrayaan-2: Pragyan: ISRO: 6 September 2019
Soil studied by India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission near the lunar south pole adds support to the theory that the moon once had a magma ocean billions of years ago. Data from India’s historic moon ...
Current trajectory: entered interstellar space August 2012; Voyager 2. Mission: studying all four giant planets. This mission was one of NASA's most successful, yielding a wealth of new information. As of November 2017 it is some 116 AU from the Sun (17.34 billion kilometers). [14]
India's 1st Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-1 was launched from this launch pad on 22 October 2008. Its follow-up missions were also launched from this launch pad, where Chandrayaan-2 was launched on 22 July 2019 and Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023. In November 2019, ISRO released tenders for augmentation of the SLP for the Gaganyaan project.
The Chandrayaan programme (/ ˌ tʃ ʌ n d r ə ˈ j ɑː n / CHUN-drə-YAHN) (Sanskrit: Candra 'Moon', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle', pronunciation ⓘ) [4] [5] also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the exploration of the Moon.