Chandrayaan 2 had three components- an orbiter, a lander and a rover.
The orbiter carried eight scientific instruments. Out of these, two are improvised versions of the instruments on Chandrayaan 1. The orbiter’s structure was manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. It weighed 2,379 kilograms and was designed to work for the span of a year.
The orbiter was designed to make scientific observations of the Moon. The Orbiter High Resolution Camera made high resolution observation of the landing sites before the separation of the rover and the lander.
The orbiter transmits the information collected by the lander and rover back to Earth; it is capable of communicating with the Indian Deep Space Network. It orbits around 100 kilometres above the lunar surface. The orbiter works on solar energy and was expected to last for 7.5 years.
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