• Chandrayaan II design is complete

    Jayesh Limaye, Dec 27, 2008 2125 hrs IST

    Following the success of Chandrayaan I, the second mission is getting ready as planned.

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Here is some good news for those keeping tabs on the Indian space program. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the design of the Chandrayaan II has been completed. It will be launched in 2012.

ISRO chairperson G. Madhavan Nair told reporters on Wednesday, The designs for Chandrayaan II have been completed and we hope to launch it by 2012. He added that a small rover will land on the lunar surface and collect and analyze samples in this mission.

The ISRO has not limited itself to the Chandrayaan project alone and the fact that it recently built a commercial satellite for the European satellite operator, Eutelsat (which was launched successfully from French Guiana in South America) bears testament to this.

Nair elaborated that the ISRO was earning about Rs.10 billion annually from its commercial wing and this is expected to grow at a brisk 20 percent each year.





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(8) Comments
Gadadhar Gumans
,cuttack , on Aug 23, 2009 11:37 PM
We want to send one payload for communication purpose. how much ISRO will charge?I am an engineer of Bharti Group.
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RAHUL
,KOVILPATTI, on May 25, 2009 05:13 AM
SIR I WANT TO BECAME A PILOT FOR THE INDIAN DISCOVER WHAT I WANT TO STUDY SIR PLS HELP ME
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Amu
,Mumbai, on Mar 24, 2009 12:33 PM
Very HAPPY to hear this news. Proud to be an INDIAN. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to all those who worked over it.
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mantri.anirudh
,amerachitha, on Jan 11, 2009 08:27 PM
I am a student of intermidiate ,of india.Iam interested to study about space.
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Senior Advocate
,Bilaspur CG, on Jan 02, 2009 08:19 PM
We are proud os our scientists who infuse confidence in the ability of the people of India. Let the politicians, beuraucrats and persons working in other fields should take inspiration from them and attempt to excell in their field of activities.
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Santosh kumar
,Bnagalore, on Dec 31, 2008 02:20 PM
what is the ultimate goal of mission II ?.Its going to be manned or unmanned.If it is unmanned , wht is the need to waste money on the technology with some enhancements.
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Suresh
,Mumbai, on Dec 30, 2008 10:12 PM
This will be a one-way mission, so no lunar samples returning to Earth
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Joel Raupe
,Belhaven, North Carolina, on Dec 30, 2008 09:31 PM
Thank you so very much for the report on come details regarding Chandrayaan 2. The original Soviet and U.S. landers (Luna and Surveyor, respectively) used direct to landing trajectories. These did not require injection into lunar orbit. Will this be a sample return mission?
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