ISRO Chandrayaan 2 to also carry NASA`s payload |
After the success of Chandrayaan - 1, Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch lunar craft Chandrayaan-2 in July later this year. In fresh revelations, the launch will also carry US based Nasa`s “passive experimental instrument” to the Moon. The US space agency will use this module to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Besides the solitary foreign experimental module, Chandrayaan-2, involving an orbiter, lander `Vikram` and rover `Pragyan` will also carry 13 Indian payloads that will be used to conduct different scientific experiments and for taking images on the Moon. According to ISRO chairman K Sivan said, “The laser reflector arrays from Nasa will just be a passive experimental module onboard Chandrayaan-2. US scientists will use it to take measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. The instrument, which has been attached to the lander, will be able to precisely mention the location of the lander on the Moon`s surface. Nasa made the request for the experimental module last July and we accepted its request in September. Chandrayaan-2 craft weighing 3.8 tonne is scheduled to be launched between July 9 and July 16 and is expected to land on the Moon on September 6.
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