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LIVE Updates from ISRO’s **Chandrayaan 2 mission** : India’s second unmanned mission to the Moon, named Chandrayaan 2, has been put on hold citing technical issues, and a revised countdown is to be announced shortly. A technical snag was observed in the launch vehicle at T-56th minute. As a measure of abundant precaution, the Chandrayaan 2 launch has been called off for today, said ISRO in a tweet. A revised launch date will be announced later, they added. [caption id=“attachment_6988721” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]  An illustration of Chandrayaan 2 orbiter lander rover composite orbiting the Moon. Image courtesy: ISRO[/caption] In a first for India, ISRO will deposit a lander and rover on the surface of the Moon on 6 September 2019. The orbiter-lander-rover composite is expected to make a soft-landing on a previously unexplored region just 650 kilometres from the lunar South Pole. This will be the first time any mission touched down so far away from the equator. One of the primary objectives is to demonstrate the ability to soft-land on the lunar surface. Among the mission’s other scientific objectives are experiments to map the Moon’s surface, its mineral and element content, moonquakes and signatures of water-ice on the lunar surface.
The mission will be streamed live on DD National’s YouTube channel and tech2’s Youtube, Facebook and Twitter handles, made available 30 minutes before the launch window opens, at approximately 2.21 am IST on 15 July.
Here are a select group of stories on the mission we’d recommend reading: _**Chandrayaan 2: Here are answers to all your questions on India's second Moon mission**_ _**Chandrayaan 2 to hunt for trillion-dollar-worth Helium-3 on Moon's surface**_ _**GSLV-MkIII, the launch platform that will make Chandrayaan-2 and Gaganyaan a reality**_ _**Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter: Everything you need to know about its objectives, science and design**_ _**Vikram Lander: All you will need to know about the vessel carrying Chandrayaan 2 Pragyan Rover to the Moon**_ _**How does ISRO’s GSLV Mk-III fare against some of the world's most powerful rockets?**_ Chandrayaan 2 demonstrates India's potential, but engineering education standards need improvement to sustain innovation _**India plans to have a space station of its own by 2030: Here's what we can expect**_ _**A brief history of every moonshot in the history of space exploration**_
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