Saturday, January 17, 2009

Work on Chandrayaan -II has started

Chandrayaan -II will be launched in 2012 and work on its engineering aspect has started.
The total cost of the project is Rs.425 crores. The lander-cum- rover is an Indo-Russian joint venture and major responsibility will be shared by Russia.The launcher will be GSLV Mark III.
The Chandrayaan II will have an orbiter besides a lander-cum-rover. After the spacecraft reaches the lunar orbit, the lander-cum-rover will release from it and soft-land on the Moon by means of powered descent.
The orbiter weight will be 2700 kgs.
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1 comment:

  1. Bob JohnsonJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    Thanks for the update, should be exciting to get something back on the Moon again, even a rover.

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