Russia plans to launch two Lunar rovers to the poles of the moon in 2013 to study deposits of water ice.

The lunar craft include a Russian Luna-Glob satellite and Luna-Resource satellite that will be jointly built by Russia and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Luna-Glob will use seismic methods instead of unavailable penetrators for the mission.

Luna-Resource is expected to comprise an Indian rocket and orbiter, and a Russian lander developed by Lavochkin R&D, as well as scientific payloads designed by the RAS Space Research Institute.

RAS Space Research Institute Director Lev Zeleny said that the landing spot had not yet been defined.

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