The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully launched Chandrayaan-2 into Earth’s orbit. This was India’s second moon mission. A week after the launch was delayed due to technical difficulties, the ₹978 crore mission Chandrayan-2 was launched today from Sriharikota.
#ISRO#GSLVMkIII-M1 lifts-off from Sriharikota carrying #Chandrayaan2
— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019
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Chandrayaan-2, which aims to explore the unchartered Lunar south pole, was launched using ISRO’s most powerful rocket, GSLV-Mk0III-M1.
#WATCH: GSLVMkIII-M1 lifts-off from Sriharikota carrying #Chandrayaan2 #ISRO pic.twitter.com/X4ne8W0I3R
— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2019
The successful launch makes India the fourth country, after the US, Russia, and China, to pull off a soft landing on the moon.
