Mission record
Chandrayaan-2
Also known as Chandrayaan2
Indian Space Research Organization · Launched
Explore trajectoryActive · Partial success
India's second lunar mission, whose orbiter continues to operate after the Vikram lander was lost during its descent.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- LVM 3
- Launch site
- Sriharikota, India
- Countries
- India
- Mission types
- Orbiter, Lander, Rover
Chronology
Mission timeline
Launch
Chandrayaan-2 launched on a GSLV Mark III from Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Impact
Contact was lost during Vikram's descent at about 2.1 km altitude and the lander crashed
The page gives the landing attempt as 7 September Indian local time, equivalently Sept. 6, 20:00-21:00 UT. The UT date is recorded, at day precision because the page gives an hour-long window rather than a time.
Moon
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Trajectory record
Time-dependent navigation trajectory
Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.
Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.
- Chandrayaan-2 orbiter: Reconstructed · September 9, 2019 to January 1, 2026
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 13, 2026
- Chandrayaan-2 - NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog — NSSDCAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Horizons chandrayaan-2 spacecraft component identities — JPLEphemeris · Supports: mission claims
- ISRO Chandrayaan-2 launch brochure: spacecraft and payloads — ISROMission page · Supports: mission claims
- Vikram Lander successfully separates from Orbiter — ISROMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- DE421 lunar mean-Earth and principal-axes frame specification — NAIFTechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
- DE440 lunar mean-Earth and principal-axes frame specification — NAIFSpice · Supports: destination/body context
- IAU rotational elements and body radii (PCK 00011) — NAIFSpice · Supports: destination/body context
- LOLA global lunar height maps, LDEM_4 V3 original PDS source label — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
- LOLA 2023 south-polar elevation, uncertainty and effective-resolution maps — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
- Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Seen From Above: LROC site and terrain context — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
- Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- SLDEM2015 Blue Ghost region: original PDS elevation-grid label — NASATechnical document · Supports: destination/body context
- JPL Solar System Dynamics Astrodynamic Parameters — JPLOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context