Chandrayaan-2 to be launched in 2013

After their success in the first mission ISRO plans to launch their second mission in 2013 hopefully they'll find more interesting stuff

January 30, 2010 02:21 PM

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that the configuration for 'Chandrayaan-2' is being finalized and will be launched in 2013.

Chandrayaan-2 will be launched by ISRO with the help of Russia.

The mission will be launched by a GSLV launch vehicle which includes a lunar orbiter as well as two rovers where one lander and the rovers were built by Russia.

Speaking on this ISRO chief K. Radhakrishnan said, "We are finalizing the configuration for Chandrayaan-2. This mission will have an orbiter, which will carry the lander and a rover. The lander will bring the rover to the surface of the moon and during the time it is there, (it) will take some samples to be analyzed in the orbiter and back to the earth. In the orbiter we will have certain instruments; we are finalizing which are those to be put there. It is about 50 kilograms of mass. There is a scientific team which is looking at the requirements and possibilities and also.... from Chandrayaan-1 experiment."

well??

[edit on 31-1-2010 by Noobastronomer]