A huge crowd is expected to attend the launch, scheduled for 2:35 pm local time (0905 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre north of Chennai.Īn engineer works on a component at a Godrej Aerospace manufacturing plant, which manufacture various parts for the Vikas and cryogenic engines for the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) space missions. The 14-day mission comes with a price tag of $74.6 million, according to media reports, and aims to successfully land a rover to explore the lunar surface. Verma of Godrej & Boyce, ISRO’s principal engine and components supplier, told AFP. “We’re sure this one will be successful and will bring pride and recognition to everybody who has worked for it,” Anil G. This time around, there is optimism that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will succeed, as it sets its sights on a future manned lunar mission.
The latest iteration of the Chandrayaan (“Mooncraft”) program comes four years after an earlier attempt ended in failure, with ground crew losing contact moments before landing. If successful, the mission would make the world’s most populous nation only the fourth country after Russia, the United States and China to achieve a controlled landing on the lunar surface. India on Friday launches its latest attempt at an unmanned moon landing, the next frontier of a burgeoning, cut-price aerospace program rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global superpowers.
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