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| Chandrayaan-2: India announces new date for Moon mission | Chandrayaan-2: India announces new date for Moon mission |
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| India has announced a new date to launch its second lunar mission after the scheduled blast-off was halted on Monday due to a technical snag. | India has announced a new date to launch its second lunar mission after the scheduled blast-off was halted on Monday due to a technical snag. |
| Chandrayaan-2 will now be launched at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT) on 22 July, India's space agency said. | Chandrayaan-2 will now be launched at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT) on 22 July, India's space agency said. |
| The countdown on Monday was stopped 56 minutes before the launch after a "technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system," it added. | The countdown on Monday was stopped 56 minutes before the launch after a "technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system," it added. |
| It hopes the $150m mission will be the first to land on the Moon's south pole. | It hopes the $150m mission will be the first to land on the Moon's south pole. |
| The country's first lunar mission in 2008 - Chandrayaan-1 - did not land on the lunar surface, but it carried out the first and most detailed search for water on the Moon using radars. | |
| The latest mission will focus on the lunar surface, searching for water and minerals and measuring moonquakes, among other things. | The latest mission will focus on the lunar surface, searching for water and minerals and measuring moonquakes, among other things. |
| If successful, India will become the fourth country to make a soft landing on the Moon's surface. | If successful, India will become the fourth country to make a soft landing on the Moon's surface. |
| Only the US, China and the former Soviet Union have been able to do so. | Only the US, China and the former Soviet Union have been able to do so. |
| The spacecraft used in the mission weighs 2,379kg (5,244lb) and has three distinct parts: an orbiter, a lander and a rover. | The spacecraft used in the mission weighs 2,379kg (5,244lb) and has three distinct parts: an orbiter, a lander and a rover. |
| The orbiter, which has a mission life of a year, will take images of the lunar surface, and "sniff" the tenuous atmosphere. | The orbiter, which has a mission life of a year, will take images of the lunar surface, and "sniff" the tenuous atmosphere. |
| The lander (named Vikram, after the founder of Isro) weighs about half as much, and carries within its belly a 27kg Moon rover with instruments to analyse the lunar soil. In its 14-day life, the rover (called Pragyan - wisdom in Sanskrit) can travel up to a half a kilometre from the lander and will send data and images back to Earth for analysis. | The lander (named Vikram, after the founder of Isro) weighs about half as much, and carries within its belly a 27kg Moon rover with instruments to analyse the lunar soil. In its 14-day life, the rover (called Pragyan - wisdom in Sanskrit) can travel up to a half a kilometre from the lander and will send data and images back to Earth for analysis. |