The Chandrayaan mission will focus on the exploration of the South Pole of the moon

The Chandrayaan mission will focus on the exploration of the South Pole of the moon besides three-dimensional mapping of the entire moonscape.

The moon impact probe will hit the rim of the Shackleton crater of the moon at the South Pole by mid-November if everything goes well. The rim of the Shackleton crater is a location identified by the U.S. space agency NASA to establish a possible lunar outpost by 2020.

An advantage of the location is the availability of sunlight for about 90 per cent of the time. This means abundance of solar energy for power