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• It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor.

PRAGYAAN ROVER

• The rover’s mass is about 27 kg (60 lb) and will operate on solar power.

ROVER

• The rover will move on 6 wheels traversing 500 meters on the lunar surface at the rate of 1 cm per second, performing on-site chemical analysis and sending the data to the lander, which will relay it to the Earth station.

MOON’S SOUTH POLE

• Why was the southern polar region chosen? The space agency has said that Moon’s South Pole is interesting because the surface area under shadow there is much larger than that at the North Pole.
• “There is a possibility of the presence of water in permanently shadowed areas around it. In addition, South Pole region has craters that are cold traps and contain a fossil record of the early Solar System,” the agency has said.

OBJECTIVES

• On the scientific side, the aim is to study Moon’s topography, mineralogy, exosphere and hydroxyl signatures and water ice.
• The orbiter will create 3D maps of the lunar surface and study the water ice in the polar region.

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