{"id":74207,"date":"2019-05-09T13:58:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=74207"},"modified":"2019-05-09T13:58:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T13:58:39","slug":"chandrayaan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/chandrayaan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandrayaan 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: A revised launch window of Chandrayaan 2 was updated recently. What is the time period as set in the window for its launch?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tJune 5 to July 15\n<br>(b)\tJune 5 to July 16\n<br>(c)\tJune 5 to July 5\n<br>(d)\tJune 5 to June 30\n<strong><br>Answer: (b)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul><li>India\u2019s much awaited lunar mission <strong>Chandrayaan-2<\/strong> has got yet <strong>another launch window. <\/strong><\/li><li>The mission is now set to be launched at any time between <strong>July 5 and July 16 2019. <\/strong><\/li><li>The moon landing is likely to be around <strong>September 6, 2019 after two months of its launch. <\/strong><\/li><li>The&nbsp;Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) planned to launch the mission <strong>last year in April<\/strong> but the launch got late.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>The mission would land on the <strong>southern pole of the moon<\/strong>, which has not been explored much before by any of the countries. <\/li><li>This landing would be historically significant giving ISRO the <strong>opportunity to name that site<\/strong> on the moon.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chandrayaan 2 Mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\nChandrayaan 2 weighs around <strong>3290 kgs<\/strong>.\nIt is a fully <strong>indigenous project.<\/strong><\/li><li>It\nwould be launched from <strong>Satish Dhawan\nSpace Centre in Sriharikota<\/strong> in Andhra Pradesh.<\/li><li>The mission will <strong>orbit\naround the moon<\/strong> and carry out <strong>remote\nsensing of the moon.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Chandrayaan-2,<\/strong> India\u2019s <strong>second\nlunar mission<\/strong>, has <strong>three modules\nnamely Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) &amp; Rover (Pragyan).<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li>The <strong>Orbiter and Lander modules will be\ninterfaced mechanically<\/strong> and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated\ninside the <strong>GSLV MK-III launch vehicle.<\/strong><\/li><li>The <strong>Rove<\/strong>r is housed inside the <strong>Lander. <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li>After launch into\nearth bound orbit by GSLV MK-III, the integrated module will <strong>reach Moon orbit<\/strong> using <strong>Orbiter propulsion module<\/strong>. <\/li><li>Subsequently,\nLander will separate from the Orbiter and soft land at the <strong>predetermined site close to lunar South Pole<\/strong>. Further, the Rover\nwill roll out for carrying out scientific experiments on the lunar surface. <\/li><li><strong>Instruments are also mounted<\/strong> on Lander and Orbiter for carrying out\nscientific experiments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Global plans:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The lunar\nSouth Pole is supposed to <strong>contain ice\nand other minerals<\/strong>, and international space expedition plans are tying up\nwith <strong>NASA<\/strong> planning to land <strong>astronauts there by 2024.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Neighbour China<\/strong> has reportedly planned to build a <strong>scientific\nresearch station<\/strong> on the lunar South Pole within the next decade<strong>.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/science\/news\/india-set-to-launch-second-mission-to-the-moon-chandrayaan-2-in-july-says-isro-1556727487403.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/science\/news\/india-set-to-launch-second-mission-to-the-moon-chandrayaan-2-in-july-says-isro-1556727487403.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/01-may-2019\/press-release-chandrayaan-2\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/01-may-2019\/press-release-chandrayaan-2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/second-lunar-mission-chandrayaan-2-to-be-launched-in-july\/article27003022.ece\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/second-lunar-mission-chandrayaan-2-to-be-launched-in-july\/article27003022.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: A revised launch window of Chandrayaan 2 was updated recently. What is the time period as set in the window for its launch? (a) June 5 to July 15 (b) June 5 to July 16 (c) June 5 to July 5 (d) June 5 to June 30 Answer: (b) Related facts: India\u2019s much awaited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131],"tags":[2377],"class_list":["post-74207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","tag-defensescience-short-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}