Lunar lander faces crucial test-Chandrayaan-2’s landing sensors will be tested at a special site in Karnataka

• The Chandrayaan-2 lunar lander’s sensors are set to undergo a crucial test as the mission races towards a planned take-off in around two months.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to fly the sensors on an aircraft over its artificial lunar site at Challakere to see how they will function and guide the Chandrayaan-2 landing craft when it starts descending on the lunar terrain.
• About two years back, ISRO had started readying a part of the Challakere site to resemble lunar craters and had conducted a few preliminary sensor tests.

The Hindu