Chandrayaan trial run successful
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Chandrayaan trial run successful

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Those bright orange flames were missing, as was the earth-shaking roar of rocket engines, but the task was successfully completed as Indian space scientists carried out the first full dress rehearsal ahead of launch of Chandrayaan-2, India's second probe to the Moon, ahead of its flight on Monday, July 15, onboard the gigantic GSLVMkIII rocket, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota Range. During the dry run, space scientists simulated a blast-off of the rocket, an 18 minute flight before setting free Chandrayaan-2 on its journey of more than three lakh km towards the Moon, and functioning of the Deep Space Network Station on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Subsequently, the lander 'Vikram', carrying the rover 'Pragyan' in its belly would make a soft landing in the South Pole region of the earth's nearest astral neighbour, according to sources in Indian Space Research Organisation. While the orbiter would image the lunar surface an map minerals on the Moon, the lander, weighing 1,471 kg would measure the presence of Moon-quakes and the temperature of the Moon's surface.

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