Chandrayaan 2 was launched on July 22 from the same launch pad from which Chandrayaan 1 had taken off. Instead of using the outdated PSLV rocket used earlier the spacecraft made use of the advanced Geosynchrous satellite launch vehicle Mark III(GSLV Mk 3). the spacecraft is except expected to land on moon surface on September 7 ,2019. According to NASA the Moon's polar craters have the solar systems lowest temperature . The main mission objective is the exploration of lunar water near the polar region. Also is no plans to test the capabilities of its lunar Rover named Pragyan . waiting 27 kg ,the rover operates on solar power and travels at a speed of 1 cm per second. It will continuously perform chemical analysis of the soil and send back to the Lander (named Vikram) which will update the ground station. it is expected that the rover will operate for 14 days but the duration may vary since pragyan use solar power to keep itself up . unlike last time ,ISRO declined to carry any...
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