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Chandrayaan-2 mission completes one year, all 8 payloads performing well

Isro said that the global mapping of the lunar surface and polar coverage were being carried out in line with the mission plan.

GSLV-MkIII-M1 rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh | Photo: ISRO
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On July 22, 2019, the GSLV rocket, nicknamed `Bahubali’, blasted off from thesecond launch pad at India’s rocket port at Sriharikota, near Chennai | Photo: ISRO

T E Narasimhan Chennai
India's Chandrayaan-2 mission on Tuesday celebrated its first anniversary, with the the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) saying that all the 8 payloads on Chandrayaan-2 were performing well.
 
On July 22, 2019, the GSLV rocket, nicknamed 'Bahubali’, blasted off from thesecond launch pad at India’s rocket port at Sriharikota, near Chennai. The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was inserted into lunar orbit on August 20, 2019.
 
Isro said that the global mapping of the lunar surface and polar coverage were being carried out in line with the mission plan.
Extensive data has been acquired from Chandrayaan-2 payloads and stidies are being accried out to

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