Isro now says Chandrayaan-2 will have 14 payloads; Sivan had said 13 on May 1

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) late on Saturday issued an update on the Chandrayaan-2 mission, saying it will carry 14 Indian payloads, a configuration different from what the space agency's chairman Sivan K had said on May 1 when the probable dates for the launch were announced.
Sivan had said there will be 13 payloads with two on the rover. However, Isro has now (on Friday) officially tweeted that there would be 14 Indian payloads and just two on the rover.

Isro has said it is looking to launch Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar mission in the launch window between July 9 and July 16, and that the Moon landing was expected on September 6.
Chandrayaan-2 has three modules: the Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) & Rover (Pragyan). “The Orbiter and Lander modules will be interfaced mechanically and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated inside the GSLV MK-III launch vehicle. The Rover is housed inside the Lander,” Isro said.
Friday's update, without giving any specific dates, said: "The orbiter will orbit 100 km from the lunar surface", while the soft landing will happen near the Moon's south pole.
TOI's attempt to contact Isro to get a clarification on whether the mission will have 13 or 14 payloads were futile. Isro spokesperson Vivek Singh did not respond to queries, while the office of the URSAC director said even the director wasn't authorised to speak without instructions from the public relations team, whose in-charge is Singh. Isro chairman Sivan also not available for comment.
Staring at a July deadline, Isro is working relentlessly on getting all systems ready for launch. As TOI reported earlier, with just about 60 days left for the proposed launch date, only one of the three key modules of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar mission, is ready.
Of the three crucial modules of the mission — the Orbiter, Lander and Rover — only the Orbiter (the satellite) is mission ready, with several tests still keeping the other two on test beds.