Outlook – June 29, 2019

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LEAP

CHANDRAYAAN-2 will carry fourteen scientific payloads

It will observe the lunar surface (from 100 km away) and relay communication between earth and lander. The orbiter will carry eight instru-ments, two cameras for surface mapping, large area soft X-ray spectrometer and solar X-ray monitor to identify and map lunar elements; an

infra-red spectrometer for mineral mapping, radar to search for buried water, Chandra’s Atmospheric

Composition Explorer-2 to detect water above

surface and a radio for lunar atmospheric studiesNamed Vikram, the lander is designed to execute

a soft landing near the moon’s south pole.

Vikram’s payload comprises three instruments to study landing site properties: a Langmuir probe,

an instrument for lunar seismic activity and Chandra’s Surface Thermo-physical experiment

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ORBITER LANDER

Launch date:July 15,^2019

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