ISRO plans to launch Chandrayan-2 by 2013

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mrinal ali hazarika

06 July, 2010

After the unfortunate technical glitches oh Chandrayan 1, ISRO is planning to march ahead in it's space endeavor with Chandrayan 2, to be launched in 2013.

AFTER THE unfortunate technical glitches of Chandrayan 1, ISRO is planning to march ahead in it’s space endeavour with Chandrayan 2, to be launched in 2013. The sole space research organization of the country has given confirmation that if everything goes smoothly; it’s going to launch Chandrayan 2.

Still there are some technical modifications to be done in the indigenously developed cryogenic engine, which will power the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), ISRO is hopeful that the shortcomings of the device will be eradicated as soon as possible and the launching of Chandrayan-2 will take place in the scheduled year of 2013. All these information were released by the Chairman of ISRO, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, while he was in a visit to Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, on the eve of Statistics Day.

According to sources, the testing of the cryogenic engine will be done in the next year, after the necessary modifications are done. Dr. Radhakrishnan also revealed that ISRO is developing a unique kind of next generation satellite, equipped with such instruments, which will enable to trace the greenhouse gases and will help us to understand the atmospheric chemistry in a much better way. He is very hopeful that such big strides undertaken by ISRO will be very helpful in understanding climate change.