Mangalyaan 2

Mangalyaan 2
Mission type Mars orbiter, lander, and rover
Operator ISRO
Mission duration Planned: 1 year
Spacecraft properties
Bus I-3K
Manufacturer ISAC
Start of mission
Launch date ≈2020[1]
Rocket GSLV III[2]
Launch site Satish Dhawan
Contractor ISRO
Mars orbiter
Orbit parameters
Periareon 200 km (120 mi)[3]
Apoareon 2,000 km (1,200 mi)[3]
Indian missions to Mars
← Mars Orbiter Mission

Mangalyaan 2 ("Mars-craft", from Sanskrit: मंगल mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle") is India's second interplanetary mission planned for launch to Mars by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2020.[2][4] It will consist of an orbiter, and may include a lander and a rover.

History

After ISRO's successful launch and orbit of Mars by its first probe, the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), ISRO announced the second mission on 28 October 2014 at the Engineers Conclave 2014 conference held in Bangalore. The agency hopes to have its heavy lift launcher GSLV III fully operational by 2016 or 2017. It plans to use the GSLV III for the Chandrayaan 2 mission to the Moon in 2018,[5][6] and later use it to launch Mangalyaan 2.[2][7]

In January 2016, India and France signed a letter of intent for ISRO and CNES to jointly build Mangalyaan 2 by 2020.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Singh, Kanishk (28 January 2016). "India's French Connection: CNES and ISRO jointly will develop Mangalyaan 2". The TeCake. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "India plans second Mars mission in 2018". IBN Live. 29 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 D. S., Madhumathi (10 August 2016). "ISRO sets the ball rolling for Mars Mission-2". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Second mission to Mars may be by 2020: ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 12 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Prasad, S. (23 January 2016). "Chandrayaan-2 launch likely by 2018". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "India to launch Chandrayaan-II by 2017". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 10 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Mars-2 Mission to Launch in 2018, Says Isro". NDTV. Indo-Asian News Service. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015.


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