Indian Space Program

Chandrayaan-2 mission was the second mission of lunar exploration after the Chandrayaan-1, which was launched in 2008. It was the most complex ever undertaken mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). Initially, it was planned to launch a t  2:51 am  IST on July 15, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, but was rescheduled for 22 July due to a technical snag. Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST on Monday, July 22, 2019. #Chandrayaan2 #GSLVMkIII #ISRO — ISRO (@isro) July 18, 2019 It consisted of a lunar orbiter , the  Vikram  lander , and the Pragyan l unar rover , all of which were developed in India.  The main scientific objective is to map and study the variations in lunar surface composition, as well as the location and abundance of lunar water. The spacecraft was launched on its mission to the Moon from...

Ever since ISRO lost contact with Vikram Lander, NASA was trying to locate its wreck without success, Indian engineer Shanmuga Subramanian helped the US space agency to locate the wreck. Shanmuga Subramanian told IANS, "It was somewhat challenging because NASA was not even detected, so we try why can't we?" And it is an idea that inspired me to search for Vikram Lander. " Equipped with just his laptop, Subramanian said that he worked for seven hours every day in his Chennai apartment in his mission to locate the lander. “I limited my search to 2 square kilometers. I used only one laptop and searched all the images, ”he said. He walked through the image, looking pixel by pixel and found the location. On 3 October, they noticed a white dot 750 meters away from the proposed landing site, not earlier than the landing date. He was convinced that it belonged to Vikram-Lander, and he tweeted about it the same day. Is this Vikram lander? (1 km from the la...