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Chandrayaan-2 vs Chandrayaan-3: A Comparative Analysis

Chandrayaan-2 vs Chandrayaan-3: A Comparative Analysis: ISRO (Indian Space exploration Organisation) is preparing to launch Chandrayaan-3, its third lunar exploration mission, on July 14, 2023. This mission intends to correct the mistakes made by its predecessor, Chandrayaan-2, by performing a successful soft landing on the lunar surface as well as rover exploration. In this article, […]

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Chandrayaan 2 Lander has been located in Moon

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) earlier lost contact with the Vikram Lander, one of three components of the Chandrayaan 2, minutes before its touchdown on the lunar surface in the early hours. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The same orbiter which located the lander has also been provided with a communication channel, which envisages

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Chandrayaan 2 Enters Moon’s Orbit After “Heart-Stopping”

Chandrayaan 2 has been successfully manoeuvred into lunar orbit on 20 August, after nearly 30 days of space travel. This was one of the trickiest operations in the mission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 A higher-than-expected approach velocity would have bounced off the spacecraft into deep space, while a slow approach would have led to

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Chandrayaan-2 Successfully enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory

The final orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully carried out today (August 14, 2019) at 02:21 am IST. During this maneuver, the spacecraft’s liquid engine was fired for about 1203 seconds. With this, Chandrayaan-2 entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory. Earlier, the spacecraft’s orbit was progressively increased five times during July 23 to August

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Chandrayaan 2

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Chandrayaan 2 from Sriharikota at 2:43 pm on July 22, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 About Chandrayaan – 2Chandrayaan-2 planned to go the Moon’s south polar region. The main aim is to explore its main surface for the signs of water and to find out the new form

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ISRO launch Chandrayaan-2 called off after technical snag in rocket

A technical snag detected in the GSLV-MkIII rocket, less than an hour ahead of the scheduled launch aborted the planned flight of Chandrayaan-2, India’s first attempt at landing a spacecraft on the moon. “Revised launch date would be announced later,” ISRO said in a statement without giving any details of the problem that had been

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