NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Chandrayaan-2

Launch Time
Mon Jul 22, 2019 09:13 UTC

First Indian lunar lander. First mission to have been launched to land on the Moon's South Pole.

Rocket

LVM-3
Image Credit: ISRO
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $62.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 11,898 kN
Payload to LEO: 10,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 43.4 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.0 m

Mission Details

Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 is India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1. Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the mission is planned to be launched to the Moon. It includes a lunar orbiter, lander and rover, all developed by India.

Chandrayaan-2 will attempt to soft land a lander and rover in a high plain between two craters, Manzinus C and Simpelius N, at a latitude of about 70° south. If successful, Chandrayaan-2 will be the first-ever mission to land a rover near the lunar south pole.

According to ISRO, this mission will use and test various new technologies and conduct new experiments. The wheeled rover will move on the lunar surface and will perform on-site chemical analysis. The data will be relayed to Earth through the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which will piggyback on the same launch.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,850.0 kg
Elliptical

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2019

47th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

73rd mission
4th mission of 2019
60th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission

LVM-3

4th mission
1st mission of 2019
4th successful mission