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The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Sivanon Monday inaugurated a Lunar Science Workshop 2021, to commemorate thecompletion of two years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft around thelunar orbit.
Chandrayaan-2 data product and science documents were released by Sivan, alsoSecretary in the Department of Space (DoS), along with data from Chandrayaan-2orbiter payloads, Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO said in a statement.
The eight payloads onboard Chandrayaan-2 are conducting scientific observationsof the Moon by remote sensing and in-situ techniques, it said.
"The science data are being made available for analysis by academia andinstitutes, for a greater participation to bring out more science fromChandrayaan-2 mission," ISRO said.
The two-day workshop, organised by ISRO, is being live-streamed on the spaceagency's website and Facebook page, for effectively reaching the students,academia and institutes, and to engage the scientific community to analyseChandrayaan-2 data.
The science results from the eight payloads are being presented by thescientists in the workshop being held virtually. In addition, there will belectures on the Chandrayaan-2 mission, tracking, operations, and data archivalaspects.
Along with the scientists from ISRO/DoS, there will also be lectures on lunarscience to be delivered by scientists from Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research, Kolkata, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, andIndian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, it was stated.
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