Weighing around 640 tonnes, the rocket "GSLV-Mk-III" is 44 meters long or as tall as a 15-storey building. Termed as India's heaviest and biggest rocket, it has the capacity of launching satellites weighing as much as four tonnes.
India's first mission to Moon - "Chandrayaan-1" was launched by Polar Satellite launch Vehicle, PSLV-C11 on Oct. 22, 2008. It made more than 3,400 orbits around the Moon, and was operational for 312 days till Aug. 29, 2009. The lift-off mass of "Chandrayaan-1" was 1,380 kilograms.
"Chandrayaan-2" is a follow-on mission to the 'Chandrayaan-1', comprising of an Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyaan). Unlike, Chandrayaan-1, this Lunar Mission will attempt to soft land "Vikram" on the Lunar surface and deploy a six-wheeled Rover (Pragyaan), which will carry out scientific experiments on the Moon.
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