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India to see launch of 2 Moon Missions in early 2018

India to see launch of 2 Moon Missions in early 2018

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Isro will use GSLV Mk II for Chandrayaan-2 as payload is heavier this time (combined launch mass 3,250 kg).

Orbiter will be deployed at an altitude of 100km above lunar surface.

Scientific payloads on board orbiter, lander and rover will perform mineralogical and elemental studies of lunar surface.

The country will witness the launch of two lunar missions from Indian soil early next…

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Team Indus, a small Indian startup to send a rover to the moon this December via /r/space http://ift.tt/2nA6WrH

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ISRO to launch WORLD’s first rocket with 3 rovers to moon in 2017

ISRO to launch WORLD’s first rocket with 3 rovers to moon in 2017

MUMBAI: When ISRO‘s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-Xl (PSLV-X1) lifts off around December 28, 2017, with India’s first private mission to the moon by Team Indus, it promises to be one for the history books.

The reason? It is for the first time in the history of space exploration that a rocket will be flying three rovers. Of the three rovers in this private moon mission, two are from Japan and one…

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Team Indus signs first-of-its-kind contract with Indian Space Research Organization to send a robot to the Moon The company says it’ll launch its Moon-bound robot aboard ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ...

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Team Indus

Creative Guiding Principles + Mood Board + Exploration Art Boards For a moon landing rover

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$1 million prize: Mining the Moon is a very profitable vision indeed

$1 million prize: Mining the Moon is a very profitable vision indeed

FRANCE: A tiny start-up from India, Team Indus, with no experience in robotics or space flight just won $1 million of this prize. It stood head to head with companies that had been funded by billionaires, had received the assistance of Nasa and had the support of leading universities. The good news is that governments no longer have a monopoly on space exploration. In two or three decades, we will…

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Google Lunar XPrize Milestone Awards Announced

Andrew Barton, director of technical operations, Google Lunar XPrize contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Astrobotic, Hakuto, Moon Express, Part-Time Scientists and Team Indus have spent the past year putting their hardware and software through a series of rigorous tests and technical reviews monitored by a judging panel of leading space, science and engineering experts. Tonight, they will be awarded a combined $5.25 million in Milestone Prizes in recognition of key technological advancements toward their quest to land a private spacecraft on the surface of the moon. To win the $30 million Google Lunar XPrize, teams are required to land a robot on the moon. http://dlvr.it/8GZFfp