Chandrayaan-2 Completes 1-Year in Lunar Orbit; Can Function for 7 More Years: ISRO

Aug. 21, 2020

Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar mission, on Thursday completed one year orbiting the moon. In a press statement marking the occasion, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said that all instruments on-board are working along expected lines. The agency also claimed that there’s enough fuel on-board to keep it operational for about seven more years.

According to ISRO, the mission will reveal even more information about the moon in the coming years.“Continued high resolution studies of its surface, sub-surface/interior and its low-density exosphere, are essential to address diversities in lunar surface composition and to trace back the origin and evolution of the Moon. (There needs to be) more focused studies on the extent of water on the surface, below the surface and in the tenuous lunar exosphere, to address the true origin and availability of water on Moon”, the agency said.

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