CHANDRAYAAN-2

Dec. 26, 2020

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released to public the initial data from Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission, which was launched on July 22, 2019.

About:

  • The Orbiter, which was injected into a lunar orbit on September 2, 2019, carried eight experiments/payloads, all of which have been performing well and sending data received.

  • The public release data archived at the Indian Space Science Data Center (ISSDC) in Byalalu, near Bengaluru is prepared in the standard, globally followed planetary data system-4 (PDS4) format for public release.

  • The set released recently is basic data — what ISRO calls Level-0 and Level-1 datasets — prepared using PDS4 standards. The ISSDC is the nodal center of planetary data archive for planetary missions of ISRO.

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