CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2 was launched on 22nd July 2019 from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota . The Orbiter which was injected into a lunar orbit on 2nd Sept 2019, carries 8 experiments to address many open questions on lunar science.

Detailed explanation-2: -GSLV-Mk III-M1 / Chandrayaan-2 Mission. India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV MkIII-M1, successfully launched Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft on July 22, 2019 into its planned orbit with a perigee (nearest point to Earth) of 169.7 km and an apogee (farthest point to Earth) of 45, 475 km.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chandrayaan-2 is an Indian mission to send an orbiter, lander, and rover to the Moon. The lander crashed in the Moon’s southern hemisphere in 2019. The orbiter is mapping the Moon’s topography, investigating the surface’s mineralogy and elements, studying the lunar exosphere, and looking for signatures of water ice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chandrayaan-2 (candra-yāna, transl. “mooncraft"; pronunciation (help·info)) is the second lunar exploration mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), after Chandrayaan-1.

Detailed explanation-5: -The failure of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the Moon, to make a soft-landing on the lunar surface had led to much disappointment. The lander and rover malfunctioned in the final moments and crash-landed, getting destroyed in the process.