The Mission AnatomyLaunched onboard India’s most powerful rocket, GSLV MK-III, Chandrayaan-2 will collect and send date from the Moon. Also read | PM Modi in Bengaluru to watch Chandrayaan-2’s moon landing384,000 km distance travelled by the lander-rover to reach the Moon’s orbit. The orbiter will be placed in a 100km x 100 km lunar polar orbit for a period of one year. The Orbiter, which has a mission life of one year, continues to go around the Moon in its orbit. Also read | Chandrayaan 2 to land on moon tonight: India’s feat explained in 10 pointsFirst Published: Sep 07, 2019 01:03 IST

Source: Hindustan Times September 06, 2019 19:35 UTC