GSLV Mk-III takes off successfully with Chandrayaan-2 moon mission

India’s heaviest rocket GSLV Mk-III, nicknamed 'Bahubali', lifted off successfully from Sriharikota on July 22. The rocket, which is carrying the Chandrayaan-2 mission, was originally planned to lift off on July 15, but the plan was aborted due to a technical glitch, that the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said on Thursday its scientists had resolved.

The rocket lifted off at 2:43 pm IST on Monday, July 22, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The rocket is carrying a three-component 3,850-kg spacecraft consisting of an orbiter, lander and rover.
Isro Chairman K Sivan called this a historic day for science and technology in India. “I am extremely happy to announce that GSLV-MKIII injected Chandrayaan-2 in the defined orbit which in fact is 6,000 KMS more, which is good.”
“The satellite has more life. It is the beginning of a historical journey for India to land on the moon’s south pole and explore the unexplored. There had been a serious technical snag that we fixed. Team Isro bounced back with flying colors. The team identifed the root cause of the failure in 24 hours. The snag was fixed in 1.5 days and tests were made to check the systems. The expert team was on the job for seven days,” he added.
Sivan said the mantle had now been passed on to the satellite team, which would do 15 crucial manoeuvres over the next 1.5 months. “It is going to be 15 minutes of terror to safely land Vikram - lander on the south pole of the moon. The world has been waiting for this mission.” Read More

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