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The Indian Space Research Organization has said that the observation of the orbiter payload of Chandrayaan-2 has discovered the Discovery class. 8 scientific payloads were installed on this vehicle. This week ISRO started its scientific discussion about the science related to the moon.
For this, a two-day Lunar Science Workshop was organized, in which the data from Chandrayaan-2 was also released. This workshop was organized in online mode to mark the completion of 2 years of Chandrayaan-2 in the Moon’s orbit. ISRO Chairman and Secretary in the Department of Space K Sivan inaugurated the workshop and released the documents on the results and data products of Chandrayaan-2.
Major Discoveries of Chandrayaan-2
Chromium and manganese were found on the surface of the Moon. Chandrayaan-2’s Infra-red Spectrometer payload IIRS has collected evidence of the presence of hydroxyl and water-ice on the surface of the Moon. The DFSAR instrument examined the inner surface of the Moon, which showed the possibility of water-ice inside the surface. Simultaneously, this instrument performed high-resolution mapping of features of the Moon’s polar regions.
K Sivan said that the observations of Chandrayaan-2 have yielded very interesting scientific results. These are being published in the journal and are being presented in international meetings. Chandrayaan-2 has taken pictures of the Moon from a distance of 100 km. The shape of mountains and domes of volcanoes on the Moon have also been identified.
Chandrayaan-2 was launched in 2019
Chandrayaan-2 was the second Indian spacecraft sent to investigate the Moon. This included an orbiter, a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan to probe the Moon’s south pole. It was launched on 22 July 2019 from Sriharikota Spaceport on GSLV Mk-III. It entered the lunar orbit on 20 August 2019. It will explore the Moon for seven years.
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