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Digital Planet: Chandrayaan-2: India’s moon landing

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Chandrayaan-2: India’s moon landing

23/07/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Chandrayaan-2: India’s moon landing

India has sent a rover and orbiter to the moon. We look at the tech driving it.

India is on its way back to the moon, with an orbiter and rover to land in September. We look at the tech.

The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, succeeded this week in getting its latest lunar lander into earth orbit. A new mobile money platform mGurush launches in South Sudan. In London young developers compete for a prestigious award, and in New Zealand a simple app offers security for lonely situations.





(Photo: Indian Space Research Organisation orbiter vehicle Chandrayaan-2 launch. Credit: ISRO HANDOUT © European Photopress Agency)                                         


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