India Launches Chandrayaan-2: Orbiter, Lander, and Rover Head to the Moon
India launched Chandrayaan-2 aboard a GSLV Mark III rocket, deploying an orbiter, the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan rover to the Moon. This ambitious mission expanded India's deep-space capabilities, enabling high-resolution mapping of the lunar surface and paving the way for future sample-return attempts that no other Asian nation had achieved at that scale.
July 22, 2019
7 years ago
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Indian space agency
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Satish Dhawan Space Centre
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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