India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon

India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon, and imaging and scientific instruments on board have been providing excellent data, officials said on Monday.

 

Chandrayaan-2

Chandrayaan-2 mission is a highly complex mission, which represents a significant technological leap compared to the previous missions of ISRO, which brought together an Orbiter, Lander and Rover with the goal of exploring south pole of the Moon. This is a unique mission which aims at studying not just one area of the Moon but all the areas combining the exosphere, the surface as well as the sub-surface of the moon in a single mission.

Launcher

The GSLV Mk-III is India's most powerful launcher to date, and has been completely designed and fabricated from within the country.

Orbiter

The Orbiter will observe the lunar surface and relay communication between Earth and Chandrayaan 2's Lander — Vikram.

Vikram Lander

The lander was designed to execute India's first soft landing on the lunar surface.

Pragyan Rover

The rover was a 6-wheeled, AI-powered vehicle named Pragyan, which translates to 'wisdom' in Sanskrit.

https://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan2-home-0