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Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission Launch HIGHLIGHTS Updates: India’s second mission to Moon, Chandrayaan-2 onboard GSLV MKIII was called off due to a technical snag on Monday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
“A technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system at T-56 minute. As a measure of abundant precaution, #Chandrayaan2 launch has been called off for today. Revised launch date will be announced later,” the ISRO tweeted. The countdown was held back with 56.24 minutes to go for the launch.
“A new launch date will be announced later,” ISRO added. It was not clear how soon the new launch date could be.
With Chandrayaan-2, India will become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. Chandrayaan 2 mission is aimed at exploring the south pole of the Moon, which holds maximum promise for the presence of water as well as fossil footprints.
“Chandrayaan 2 is the next leap in technology as we attempt to soft-land close to South Pole of Moon. The soft landing is extremely complex and we will experience approximately 15 minutes of terror,” ISRO chief K Sivan said.
ISRO’s first successful moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, was launched on October 22, 2008. It was an orbital drone that revolved around the moon and an impactor landed on its lunar surface.
Guru Prasad, ISRO PRO said, " Wait for sometime for the announcement."
ISRO all set to launch India’s second lunar probe
Chandrayaan Lander: Named Vikram after Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, Father of the Indian Space Programme. The Vikram Lander has been designed to be able to communicate with the Indian Deep Satellite Network near Bengaluru, as well as with the Orbiter and Rover.
Fueling of hydrogen into the rocket completed.
Chandrayaan-2 is attempting to go where no spacecraft has gone before — to the south pole of the Moon. Chandrayaan-2 will carry out extensive three-dimensional mapping of the topography of the region, and will also determine its elemental composition and seismic activity.
As countdown for Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar probe, and its first attempt to make a soft landing on the Moon begins, here are a few things that are likely to be discussed the most in the coming days. The Lander and Rover are scheduled to descend on September 6, more than 50 days after the launch early on Monday (July 15). Most of the other lander missions have taken considerably less time to reach the Moon. read more
Chandrayaan 2 which will attempt a first-ever soft landing for India on the lunar surface is being overseen by two space scientists Ritu Karidhal and Muthayya Vanitha. They both will be in charge of the mission’s main components: Project oversight and the crucial final phase of landing. Read more
Filling of liquid oxygen process completed, now fill of liquid hydrogen is in progress.
Chandrayaan-2 is all set to take- off in a few hours. Vistors have already gathered outside Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Filling of liquid qxygen in the cryogenic stage of GSLVMKIII-M1 commenced.
With less than 3-hours for the launch of Chandrayaan-2, you can watch LIVE Streaming of the launch on ISRO's facebook page which will begin at 2:30 am. The live streaming will also be available on the official page of ISRO. The official website of ISRO will also be live streaming the launch of Chandrayaan-2 moon mission. To watch the live launch of Chandrayaan-2 on the official website of the space agency.
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik present a sand art of India's mission to the moon, wishes best for to ISRO team
The voyage which will take 54 days to accomplish the task of landing on the Moon through meticulously planned orbital phases.
A Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit is 35,786 kilometers above Earth’s equator. Satellites meant for weather monitoring, communications and surveillance are placed in this orbit so as to match Earth’s rotation.
ISRO, which has planned for the landing around September 6, said the mission aims at going where no other nation has so far dared to go - the Lunar South Pole - and seek to improve understanding of the Moon which could lead to discoveries that will benefit India and humanity as a whole. The Chandrayaan-2 has 13 payloads in total with eight of them in the orbiter, three payloads in Vikram and two in Pragyan. Five payloads are from India, three from Europe, two from the US and one from Bulgaria.
Important components of the modules of India's ambitious second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, to be launched on Monday, have been manufactured by a Union government-run centre in Bhubaneswar, an official said on Sunday.
The Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC) has manufactured 22 types of valves for fuel injection and other parts for the cryogenic engine of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III rocket, dubbed "fat boy" by Indian scientists for its ability to carry satellites weighing up to 4 tonnes, a top official said.
The Bhubaneswar-based institution had started manufacturing the parts for the country's prestigious lunar mission in March 2017, the centre's Managing Director Sibasis Maity, told PTI in an interview. (PTI)