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Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission by Blackstar on 12 Nov, 2017 20:08
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#1 by redliox on 13 Nov, 2017 18:06
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It looks like the orbiter and lander, while launched together, will quickly take separate courses and arrive independently.
Although it looks like the lander and rover have a main objective of just safely landing there, do we have any knowledge on what precisely they will carry if all goes well? It looks like the rover at least carries a pair of cameras if nothing else. -
#2 by redliox on 13 Nov, 2017 18:11
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Wikipedia gave me some notional info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-2
Lander:
Seismometer, thermal probe, Langmuir probe, and radio experimentation - all passive stuff.
Rover:
Laser spectroscope and Alpha particle x-ray spectroscope (which sounds similar to what Sojourner & the MERs carried).
Sounds reasonable yet productive for an initial mission. I wish them well! -
#3 by Phil Stooke on 13 Nov, 2017 18:21
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http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2017/copuos2017tech30E.pdf
More details in this 2017 presentation. Quite a lot going on! -
#4 by redliox on 13 Nov, 2017 19:14
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http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2017/copuos2017tech30E.pdf
More details in this 2017 presentation. Quite a lot going on!
Thanks!
As far as the science, while the landing 'party' portion is basic (but still useful), the orbiter definitely boasts the lion share of the mission, looking like it's specializing in polar mapping and studying the lunar exosphere.
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#5 by mcgyver on 17 Jan, 2019 07:09
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January 2019 launch window missed.
Next launch window: April 2019
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/isro-set-for-april-launch-of-chandrayaan-2-after-missed-deadline/story-BjMmDmHQ5lqU5yijS8qfJN.htmlQuoteAs we could not complete a few tests in time we could not make the January window. We are now looking at a launch between the middle of March and April, and it is likely to happen by the middle of April
(by ISRO chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan) -
#6 by spacexplorer on 06 Sep, 2019 08:25
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Official thread: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=20324.0
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#7 by otter on 23 Aug, 2020 05:38
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Chandrayaan-2 Completes A Year Around Moon, Enough Fuel For 7 Years
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chandrayaan-2-completes-a-year-around-moon-enough-fuel-for-7-years-isro-2282759 -
#8 by chetan_chpd on 24 Dec, 2020 15:20
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First set of #Chandrayaan2 payload's data are publicly released for wider science use.
https://twitter.com/isro/status/1342095234126151692?s=20 -
#9 by otter on 21 Jul, 2021 06:35
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#10 by vyoma on 05 Sep, 2021 19:45
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https://www.isro.gov.in/lunar-science-workshop-and-release-of-chandrayaan-2-data-being-organised-isro-6-to-7-september-2021
Lunar Science Workshop and Release of Chandrayaan-2 data is being organised by ISRO from 6 to 7 September, 2021, in virtual mode:
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#11 by otter on 09 Sep, 2021 14:06
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ISRO: Chandrayaan-2 detects chromium, manganese through remote sensing
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/isro-chandrayaan-2-detects-chromium-manganese-through-remote-sensing-7493313/ -
#12 by sanman on 15 Nov, 2021 12:15
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Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter (CH2O) Performs an Evasive Maneuver to Mitigate a Critically Close Approach with LRO
https://www.isro.gov.in/update/15-nov-2021/chandrayaan-2-orbiter-ch2o-performs-evasive-manoeuvre-to-mitigate-critically -
#13 by FutureSpaceTourist on 30 Aug, 2023 07:27
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https://twitter.com/newsiadn/status/1696550708634648850Quote
The Landing Module of #NASA's Apollo 11 & Apollo 12 missions at the lunar surface captured by #ISRO's orbiter #Chandrayaan2.
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#14 by Phil Stooke on 30 Aug, 2023 19:46
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Great pictures! But I must point out they are not new pictures, they were originally released in February 2022. But OHRC is doing great science - see the very end of this presentation from the recent Lunar Surface Science Workshop #20:
It shows PSR imaging using OHRC long exposure images.