India's lunar exploration continues with the second genaration of Chandrayaan mission. Unlike the previous one, the Chandrayaan-2 along with the orbiter, has a lander named Vikram and a rover named Pragyan. The lunar module is carried atop a variant of the trusty GSLV MK3 . The Lander is tested to land on Brigo, Luna, TT and even Niobe.

This craft has four command chips, each for the rocket, orbiter, lander and rover. So you need to take control of the correct chip to control the desired craft.

The 1st stage has two main solid boosters, with additional two smaller liquid fuel engines on the sides to provide stability. So keep the throttle at around 60% when the 1st stage is active for those smaller engines to work. Doing gravity turns in this stage is not recommended as the rocket may spin out of control. The other two stages are all liquid engines so one can perform gravity turns in those stages.

Both the orbiter and lander have gyroscopes for stability. The lander has three slider controls. Sliders 2 and 3 control the door of the lander for the rover to come out. Since wheels don't work on craft surfaces, the rover has to be tilted so that it can slide out of the lander. To tilt the rover, use Slider 1. All sliders of the lander work in positive direction (0 to +100%).

Torque on rover wheels is associated with craft pitch control. The solar panel on the rover can rotate using Slider 1.

GENERAL INFO

  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 0.9.801.0
  • Price: $14,801k
  • Number of Parts: 209
  • Dimensions: 52 m x 13 m x 9 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 9.8km/s
  • Total Thrust: 7.9MN
  • Engines: 15
  • Wet Mass: 4.83E+5kg
  • Dry Mass: 27,804kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 8 2.2km/s 5.8MN 2.0m 4.83E+5kg
3 1 3.7km/s 1.9MN 2.6m 1.52E+5kg
5 1 3.9km/s 198kN 5.0m 26,587kg

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