Ø The space road to Chandrayaan-2 is now clear. The significance of
the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F05) mission’s success on
Thursday is that the rocket is now more than qualified to put Chandrayaan-2
into orbit. The interfaces between GSLV-Mk II and Chandrayaan-2 have already
been finalised, according to officials in the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO). A GSLV-Mk II vehicle will put Chandrayaan-2 with a lander
and a rover into orbit in the first quarter of 2018. It will be a totally
indigenous mission — the vehicle, the spacecraft, the lander and the rover are
all made in India. The orbiter (that is, the spacecraft), the lander and rover
together will weigh 3,280 kg. After the spacecraft is inserted into the lunar
orbit, the lander with the rover inside it will separate and land softly on the
moon’s surface.
Ø The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday invited
separatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for a meet on Jammu and Kashmir in New York on
the sidelines of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly later
this month.
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