Chandrayaan-2
On September 18, 2008, the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet granted approval for the mission. Although ISRO finalized Chandrayaan-2’s payload as per the original schedule, the mission faced a postponement in January 2013 and was rescheduled for 2016 due to Russia’s inability to develop the lander on time. Roscosmos later withdrew from the collaboration following the failure of the Fobos-Grunt mission to Mars, as the technical aspects shared between the Fobos-Grunt and lunar projects needed to be reviewed. When Russia expressed its inability to provide the lander even by 2015, India decided to independently develop the lunar mission, and unused orbiter hardware was repurposed for the Mars Orbiter Mission.
Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019, aboard an LVM3 rocket. The spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit on August 20, 2019, but the lander was unsuccessful in its attempt to land on September 6, 2019. The orbiter remains operational, gathering scientific data actively, and is projected to remain functional for about 7.5 years. It has Welcomed Chandrayaan 3 in moon’s orbitor.
