The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch Chandrayaan 2, which was the plan of the Indian Government nearly 16 years ago.
The ISRO, on the 15th of July, will launch the low cost mission Chandrayaan 2, which will land on the Moon. India is the 4th country to launch a space mission to land on the Moon, after Russia, China and the United States (U.S.)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the former Prime Minister of India, had said, if one day, the Country was able to achieve this, it would be nothing less than electrifying.
Kalam, in 2003, said, “The exploration of Moon through Chandrayaan will electrify the entire country, particularly young scientists and children.”
The Chandrayaan 2 will be launched at 2:51 A.M., on the 15th of July, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
Chandrayaan 2, which will carry lander Vikram and costs 140 million dollars, will travel approximately 3,84,400 kilometres to land near the lunar South Pole on the 6th of September.
K. Sivan, the Chief of the ISRO, said, lander Vikram’s 15 minutes of final descent will be the most terrifying moments as we have never undertaken such a complex mission.
The mission is expected to help the ISRO team get a better understanding of the origin and evaluation of the Moon by conducting detailed topographical studies.
This is the second launch of the ISRO with the name Chandrayaan. In October 2008, India launched Chandrayaan 1, with the use of its Light Rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV.)
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