GSLV MK- lll Succesfully Injects Chandrayaan-2 Into Orbit

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched India's second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, at 2:43 pm on Monday, 22 July, from the second launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, a week after the lift-off was aborted due to a technical snag.


The Vikram lander will land on the moon on the 48th day of the mission.


The Rs 978 crore mission, seeking to explore the uncharted Lunar south pole by landing a rover, was launched onboard one of the most powerful rockets GSLV Mk-III.


The mission was aborted on 15 July due to a "technical snag" in the GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle


Chandrayaan-2 will be attempting a soft landing with the Vikram lander on the south pole of the moon


Chandrayaan-2 comes 11 years after ISRO's successful first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 scripted history by making more than 3,400 orbits around the Moon and being operational for 312 days till 29 August 2009


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