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Giant leap for India as Isro successfully places Moon mission in Earth orbit

Chandrayaan 2 Launch Live Updates: Giant leap for India as Isro successfully places Moon mission in Earth orbit

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Chandrayaan 2 Launch Live: Isro Moon Mission, Chandrayaan 2, has been successfully launched from the Sriharikota space station. After a tense countdown at the Isro space centre, Chandrayaan 2 launch took place at exactly 2:43 on Monday. The much-anticipated launch on Monday afternoon after the initial attempt on July 15 was watched by a billion population after it was abandoned due to a technical snag. Chandrayaan 2 took off aboard the most powerful GSLV-Mk-III rocket dubbed ‘Baahubali’. Countdown for the lift-off started at 6:43 pm on Sunday and it finally ended with the rocket soaring into the skies, carrying a “billion dreams” with it. On July 15, the launch was called off 56 minutes and 24 seconds before the scheduled blast off at 1.55 am from the spaceport in Sriharikota following a technical problem in the rocket. The glitch had occurred when liquid propellant was being loaded into the rocket's indigenous cryogenic upper stage engine. On Sunday, Isro said in a statement that all glitches had been removed and the rocket is ready for launch. As Chandrayaan 2 soars towards the Moon, aboard the GSLV-Mk-III, stay tuned for 




















































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