Chandrayaan 2 news
Here are some recent news updates on Chandrayaan-2:
Latest Update (August 2022): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will relaunch the Chandrayaan-2 mission in 2023, with a new orbiter and lander. The mission was originally launched in 2019 but failed to soft-land on the Moon's surface.
Previous Updates:
- July 2019: Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover were scheduled to land on the Moon's surface on September 7, 2019. However, the lander lost contact with Earth just 2.1 kilometers above the lunar surface, and the mission was declared a partial failure.
- September 2019: ISRO released a statement saying that the Vikram lander had crashed on the Moon's surface, but the Pragyan rover was still intact and had sent back data until its power supply was exhausted.
- October 2019: ISRO announced that it would conduct a detailed analysis of the Chandrayaan-2 mission to identify the causes of the failure and to improve future missions.
- November 2019: ISRO released a report on the Chandrayaan-2 mission, which identified several factors that contributed to the failure, including a faulty navigation system and a software glitch.
- December 2019: ISRO announced that it would relaunch the Chandrayaan-2 mission in 2022, with a new orbiter and lander.
- January 2020: ISRO released a new timeline for the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which is expected to launch in 2022 and include a new lander and rover.
- February 2020: ISRO announced that it had successfully tested the Chandrayaan-3 lander, which is designed to withstand the harsh conditions on the Moon's surface.
Upcoming Updates:
- 2023: ISRO plans to relaunch the Chandrayaan-2 mission with a new orbiter and lander.
- 2024: ISRO plans to launch the Chandrayaan-3 mission, which will include a new lander and rover.