2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
Chandrayaan-2
Orbiter remains productive; Vikram lander was lost during descent.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2019
- Lead / partner
- India
- Target
- Moon
- Category
- Orbiter / lander / rover
- Status
- Partial success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
Chandrayaan-2 flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of India's work toward moon. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Orbiter remains productive; Vikram lander was lost during descent.
Results
Orbiter remains productive; Vikram lander was lost during descent.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Lamid58, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
