CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In the second phase of the Chandrayaan programme to demonstrate soft landing on the Moon, ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2 onboard a Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM 3) launch vehicle consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rover: Is a vehicle that moves around in the planet or astronomical object. Lander: A space craft that lands softly and then stays there at rest and does all other functions which it has to do. Orbiter:Orbits plants or astronomical objects.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Chandrayaan-2 mission consisted of three main modules: Lunar orbiter. Vikram lander (named after Vikram Sarabhai, the late father of India’s space program) Lunar rover named Pragyan. All of the above parts were developed in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Lander and Rover modules were given the names Vikram and Pragyaan, respectively, by ISRO in honour of Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space programme. It was launched on the GSLV-Mk3, the nation’s most potent geosynchronous launch vehicle.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chandrayaan-2 consisted of an Orbiter, Lander and Rover, all equipped with scientific instruments to study the moon. The Orbiter would watch the moon from a 100-km orbit, while the Lander and Rover modules were to be separated to make a soft landing on the moon’s surface.