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Bangalore, Nov. 14 ISRO announced its second lunar mission, a landing-cum-orbiting plan, to be undertaken jointly with Russia around 2011-12.

The unmanned Chandrayaan-2 will be coming up closely on the heels of Chandrayaan-1, which is due for launch in April next year.

Chandrayaan-2 will be launched on the indigenous geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle. It involves a lunar orbiting spacecraft, to be made by ISRO, and a lander/rover, to be made by Roskosmos, to explore the Moon’s surface.

A few scientific instruments from other space agencies may also be accommodated on these systems, an ISRO release said.

Mr G. Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman, and Mr A. Perminov, Director of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, signed the cooperation agreement in Moscow on November 12 during the visit of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.

ISRO described the agreement as a major milestone in the long-standing cooperation in outer space between the two countries. As for Chandrayaan-1, the activities are progressing well, ISRO said. The spacecraft is in the final stages of integration and testing, and will be launched onboard the PSLV.

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