Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission, will be launched on July 15, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan announced on Wednesday. Chandrayaan-2, which will be launched at 2.15 am from Sriharikota, includes a lander and a rover for the first time in an Indian space mission. The spacecraft, with a mass of 3.8 tonnes, has an orbiter, the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan). Instruments on the lander and the rover would also carry out scientific experiments, the ISRO said. The rover would then roll out, the ISRO said.

Source: The Hindu June 12, 2019 09:45 UTC