Lunar Science Workshop and Release of Chandrayaan-2 Data Home/ Media/Archives/Lunar
Chairman, ISRO / Secretary, DOS inaugurated the Lunar Science Workshop 2021, on 6th September, 2021, to commemorate the completion of two years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 orbiter around the lunar orbit. Chandrayaan-2 data product and science documents were released by Chairman, ISRO / Secretary, DOS, along with data from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads. The eight payload onboard Chandrayaan-2 are conducting scientific observations of the Moon by remote sensing and in-situ techniques. The science data are being made available for analysis by academia and institutes, for a greater participation to bring out more science from Chandrayaan-2 mission. The two-day Lunar Science Workshop, organized by ISRO, is being live-streamed on ISRO’s website and Facebook page, for effectively reaching the students, academia and institutes, to engage the wisdom of the scientific community to analyse Chandrayaan-2 data. The science results from the eight payloads will be presented by the scientists in this workshop. In addition to the science results, during September 6-7, there will be lectures on the Chandrayaan-2 mission, tracking, operations, and data archival aspects as well. Along with the scientists from ISRO/DOS, there will also be lectures on lunar science to be delivered by scientists from IISER, Kolkata, IISc, Bangalore, and IIT Roorkee.