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Chandrayaan-2 scheduled landing
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- ISRO aiming to make up for the lost time by adjusting the module’s Earth and Moon-bound phases.
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- Right timing: The space agency is still aiming to put the Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyan) on the lunar surface just one day behind the earlier schedule, to ensure that the duo get their planned full schedule of operating for nearly 14 Earth Days by tweaking the Chandrayaan-2’s timelines in space when it travels from one phase to another.
- Touchdown/ landing sites: The touchdown will be done at the high plain between two craters, Manzinus C and Simpelius N that will be at a point facing the Earth and would have started receiving sunlight by then.
- Note: Please refer earlier news on Chandrayaan-2 for mission details and specifications.
Source
The Hindu