AHMEDABAD (Gujarat): Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has developed three payloads for India’s second lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan-2, which unlike Chandrayaan-1 will include an orbiter, a lander and a rover.
While the country’s first lunar probe was launched in October 2008, the schedule of the proposed Chandrayaan-2 lift-off is being eagerly awaited.
“There are three payloads developed by the PRL for Chandrayaan-2. The orbiter will have a solar X-ray monitor developed by PRL. It will monitor x-rays coming from the Sun and X-rays being generated on the surface of the moon,” said PRL Director Dr. Anil Bhardwaj.
He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 15th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy, organised at the main PRL campus here.
PRL, a unit of Department of Space, was founded in 1947.
“On the lander, there will be Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE). This is a probe which will measure the temperature beneath the surface by getting inside the surface of the moon. It will do so after the lander lands on moon,” the director said, adding that this equipment will also be developed by PRL.
(ChaSTE) is one of the science experiments proposed to conduct in lunar surface in Chandrayaan-2 mission. (AGENCIES)
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