Launch window during 9-16 July 2019

All the modules are getting ready for Chandrayaan-2 launch during the window of 9-16 July, with an expected Moon landing on 6 September 2019, said Department of Space on 1 May 2019.

Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar mission, has three modules namely Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) & Rover (Pragyan).

The Orbiter and Lander modules will be interfaced mechanically and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated inside the GSLV MK-III launch vehicle.

The Rover is housed inside the Lander. After launch into earth bound orbit by GSLV MK-III, the integrated module will reach Moon orbit using Orbiter propulsion module.

Subsequently, Lander will separate from the Orbiter and soft land at the predetermined site close to lunar South Pole.

Further, the Rover will roll out for carrying out scientific experiments on the lunar surface.

Instruments are also mounted on Lander and Orbiter for carrying out scientific experiments, said the Department. fiinews.com