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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Chandrayaan-2 is scheduled to take off from which among the following places?
A
Sriharikota
B
Porbandar
C
Chandipur
D
Pokhran
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -The primary objectives of the Chandrayaan-2 lander were to demonstrate the ability to soft-land and operate a robotic rover on the lunar surface. The scientific goals of the orbiter are: to study lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, the lunar exosphere, and signatures of hydroxyl and water ice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The Lander of Chandrayaan-2 was named Vikram. It was named so after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai. He is known as the Father of the Indian Space Programme.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chandrayaan-2’s Rover was a 6-wheeled robotic vehicle named as Pragyan, which translates to ‘wisdom’ in Sanskrit.

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