Chandrayaan program

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The Chandrayaan program (from Hindi Chandra for moon , yaan for car, vehicle ) is the lunar program of the Indian Space Agency (ISRO).

Missions

So far, two Chandrayaan spacecraft have been launched . The Chandrayaan-1 orbiter reached the moon in October 2008 and was operational for ten months. The Chandrayaan-2 probe - consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover - launched in July 2019 and arrived in a lunar orbit after a month. The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is expected to operate for about seven years. The condition of the lander and rover is unclear after the former crashed hard on the lunar surface instead of a soft landing .

A follow-up Chandrayaan-3 mission , consisting of only one lander with a rover, is planned for 2021. India is also planning a major lunar mission together with the Japanese space agency (JAXA) for 2024 Template: future / in 4 years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Isro locates Chandrayaan-2 lander on Moon, but yet to make contact . India Today, September 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of next year: MoS space Jitendra Singh . Times of India, May 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ India's next Moon shot will be bigger, in pact with Japan. In: Times of India. September 8, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  4. ^ 'Chandrayaan-2 will be the stepping stone for human landing on the Moon'. In: The Asian Age. June 16, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .