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India’s second Moon mission that is planned for a July launch will have 13 payloads and one passive experiment from American space agency NASA, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Wednesday. .
The spacecraft with a mass of 3.8 tonnes has three modules — Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyan). All the modules are getting ready for Chandrayaan-2 launch during the window of July 9-16 window, with an expected Moon landing on September 6, the space agency had earlier said.
The orbiter will orbit 100 km from the lunar surface, while lander (Vikram) will do the soft landing near the south pole of Moon, and Rover (Pragyan) will conduct in-situ experiments.
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