Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft completes 9,000 orbits around moon
Sakshi Education
Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft of India has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon. Imaging and other scientific instruments on the aircraft have been providing excellent useful data since then.
Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft completes 9,000 orbits around moon
According to Chairman of ISRO, K Sivan, Chandrayaan-2 comprises of eight payloads and are conducting remote sensing and in-situ observations of the Moon at 100 km altitude from the lunar surface.
On the occasion, K Sivan also released data product and science documents besides the data from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads.
Science data are being made available to academia and institutes in order to analyse them. It will also help in bringing more science from Chandrayaan-2 mission.