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LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-2
Indian Space Research OrganizationLaunch Successful

Chandrayaan-2

Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)

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This page records LVM-3 | Chandrayaan-2 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITESatish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Mission

Chandrayaan-2 is India's second mission to the Moon. It consists of an orbiter, lander and rover. After reaching the 100 km lunar orbit, the lander housing the rover will separate from the orbiter. After a controlled descent, the lander will perform a soft landing on the lunar surface at a specified site and deploy the rover. Six-wheeled rover weighs around 20 kg and will operate on solar power. It will move around the landing site, performing lunar surface chemical analysis and relaying data back to Earth through the orbiter. The lander will be collecting data on Moon-quakes, thermal properties of the lunar surface, the density and variation of lunar surface plasma. The orbiter will be mapping lunar surface. Altogether, Chandrayaan-2 mission will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.

Launch vehicle
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Mission type
Lunar Exploration
Destination orbit
Lunar Orbit
Launch pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Provider
Indian Space Research Organization

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Launch vehicle

Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)

The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.

Height
43.4 m
Diameter
4 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
9
First flight
2014-12-18

Recorded timing

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Launch site & orbit

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

The mission in perspective

Launch site

DestinationLunar Orbit

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Explore Earth’s orbits
NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans
Geographic view · illustrative lightingNo live tracking or simulated ascent. NASA Blue Marble.

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