Kolkata:The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Radhakrishnan has said India is preparing to launch its second moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' by 2013. "The Chandrayaan-2 we are planning to have in the year 2013 and by that
time we should have our GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) flying
with the Indigenous Cryogenic Engine Stage that's the target with which we are
working," Radhakrishnan told reporters here. Radhakrishnan said some snags have
been identified in flight-testing of the Indigenous Cryogenic Engine, which is
being analysed. He said this would be sorted out in about a year. "A flight testing
of the Indigenous Cryogenic Engine Stage, in April, and as you know we had some
snags there. We went through a very detailed analysis as to what happens and why
it happens and we have come to a couple of scenarios in which such a snag would
have occurred and our immediate task is to confirm that through testing on the
ground and then prepare for the next flight testing. This should happen in year
from now," he added. The Chandrayaan-2 is the second unmanned lunar exploration
mission that ISRO is pursuing.
