<p>Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has delivered ‘Orbiter Craft Module Structure’ of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar exploration mission, to Isro satellite centre here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chandrayaan-2, an advanced version of the previous mission, consists of an Orbiter, Lander and Rover configuration. India had successfully launched Chandrayaan-1 on October 22, 2008.<br /><br />The Orbiter Craft Module is a three-tonne-category bus structure made out of a central composite cylinder, shear webs and deck panels, HAL chairman and managing director T Suvarna Raju said.<br /><br />Orbit around moon<br /><br />The Orbiter with scientific payloads will orbit around the moon and the Lander will soft-land on the planet at a specified site and deploy the Rover.<br /> The scientific payloads onboard the Orbiter, Lander and Rover are expected to perform mineralogical and elemental studies of the lunar surface.<br /><br />Launched in two years<br /><br />According to Isro’s plans, Chandrayaan-2 will be launched by a Geo-Stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKII) during the next two to three years.<br /><br />HAL, in a press release said, its technical capabilities have made Isro to partner with the PSU in all its space endeavours since the 1970s, including the recent much-acclaimed low-cost Mars Mission. <br /><br />HAL has a division at Bengaluru totally dedicated to cater to Isro’s growing requirements.</p>
<p>Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has delivered ‘Orbiter Craft Module Structure’ of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar exploration mission, to Isro satellite centre here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chandrayaan-2, an advanced version of the previous mission, consists of an Orbiter, Lander and Rover configuration. India had successfully launched Chandrayaan-1 on October 22, 2008.<br /><br />The Orbiter Craft Module is a three-tonne-category bus structure made out of a central composite cylinder, shear webs and deck panels, HAL chairman and managing director T Suvarna Raju said.<br /><br />Orbit around moon<br /><br />The Orbiter with scientific payloads will orbit around the moon and the Lander will soft-land on the planet at a specified site and deploy the Rover.<br /> The scientific payloads onboard the Orbiter, Lander and Rover are expected to perform mineralogical and elemental studies of the lunar surface.<br /><br />Launched in two years<br /><br />According to Isro’s plans, Chandrayaan-2 will be launched by a Geo-Stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKII) during the next two to three years.<br /><br />HAL, in a press release said, its technical capabilities have made Isro to partner with the PSU in all its space endeavours since the 1970s, including the recent much-acclaimed low-cost Mars Mission. <br /><br />HAL has a division at Bengaluru totally dedicated to cater to Isro’s growing requirements.</p>
