India Successfully Launches Chandrayaan-2 from Sriharikota
- India successfully launched its second lunar mission “Chandrayaan-2” on July 22, 2019 onboard its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-MkIII-M1, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
- Originally the launch of Chandrayaan-2 Misison was scheduled on 15th July, but was called off following a technical glitch in the rocket.
Basic Information about Chandrayaan-2 Mission
- The total cost of the 3,850-kg Chandrayaan-2 mission is Rs 978 crore.
- It will be the first Indian spacecraft to make a soft-landing close to the South Pole of the moon, which is not explored yet and sampled by any past mission. It is expected to take place on September 7, 2019.
- This mission will offer new knowledge about the Moon.
- Once Chandrayaan-2 reaches to south pole region of lunar terrain, India will become the fourth ever nation to have a soft-landing on the moon.
- Other three nations are United States, China and Russia.