Six day before launch, catch glimpses of Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover of Chandrayaan 2!
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Bengaluru, Jul. 10: ISRO is taking great strides to the moon with Chandrayaan 2. Just 6 days away, ISRO has revealed new pictures of the ISRO’s moon lander Vikram and Rover Pragyan.
Chandrayaan-2 will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota on-board GSLV Mk-III on 15th July 2019. It will be injected into an earth parking 170 x40400 km orbit.
A series of manoeuvres will be carried out to raise its orbit and put Chandrayaan-2 on Lunar Transfer Trajectory, says ISRO. On entering Moon's sphere of influence, on-board thrusters will slow down the spacecraft for Lunar Capture. The Orbit of Chandrayaan-2 around the moon will be circularized to 100x100 km orbit through a series of orbital manoeuvres.
It added, On the day of landing, the lander will separate from the Orbiter and then perform a series of complex manoeuvres comprising of rough braking and fine braking. Imaging of the landing site region prior to landing will be done for finding safe and hazard-free zones.
The lander-Vikram will finally land near the South Pole of the moon on 6th September 2019. Subsequently, Rover will roll out and carry out experiments on Lunar surface for a period of 1 Lunar day which is equal to 14 Earth days. The orbiter will continue its mission for a duration of one year.
Here are the pictures of Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover -
(Vikram Lander)
(Integration of Vikram Lander)
(Pragyan Rover)
(GSLVMK III M1)