India is about to launch its second mission on the Chandrayan-2 moon in July, according to ISRO.

NEW DELHI: After being postponed several times over the past year, India's second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan 2, is expected to be launched in July.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which originally planned to launch the mission last year in April, confirmed that all mission modules would be ready in the next two months.

"All the modules are gearing up for the launch of Chandrayaan-2 in the window from July 9 to 16. The scheduled landing of September 6," the space agency announced in a statement released on Wednesday.

It would be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

The mission would land on the south pole of the moon, which has not been explored before by any country. The landing of the craft near the lunar south pole would have historical significance as it would give ISRO the opportunity to name this site on the moon.

His first launch window was April, but he was pushed forward. Dr. Sivan, president of ISRO, attributed this delay to the reconfiguration of the landing gear and its subsequent tests.

With regard to the mission, the agency announced that it would have three modules, namely Orbiter, Lander named Vikram and Rover named Pragyan, all developed by India.

The Orbiter and Lander modules would be mechanically interfaced and stacked as an integrated module. It would be housed inside the GS-III Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), a three-stage launch vehicle equipped to orbit the heaviest satellites. The Rover is housed inside the Lander.

After launch in Earth orbit, the integrated module would reach the lunar orbit using the Orbiter propulsion module. The Lander would then separate from the Orbiter and land in a predetermined site near the South Lunar Pole.

Unlike the first lunar mission of October 2008, launched with the help of a PSLV rocket and only spinning into orbit around the moon, Chandryaan 2 would attempt a soft landing of the lunar surface .

The wheeled rover would deploy to conduct scientific experiments on the lunar surface. Instruments are also mounted on Lander and Orbiter to conduct scientific experiments. The data would be relayed to the ground.