The launch was originally scheduled for liftoff from Sriharikota on 15 July at 2.51 am IST.
)
July 15, 2019, 03:18:19 (IST)
We are waiting to hear more about the technical snag form ISRO.
July 15, 2019, 03:08:54 (IST)
The
ISRO source
has also said, “This process will take 10 days after that only we can decide on the launch schedule.”
July 15, 2019, 03:05:20 (IST)
An
ISRO source told IANS
that “The technical snag was noticed during the cryogenic fuel was being loaded. We have to approach the vehicle to assess the problem. First we have to empty the fuel loaded in the rocket, then the rocket will be taken back for further investigation,”
July 15, 2019, 02:53:34 (IST)
A technical snag was observed and the launch date will be announced later.
July 15, 2019, 02:47:08 (IST)
Revised launch date will be announced later
July 15, 2019, 02:40:15 (IST)
Breaking: Chandrayaan 2 launch called off
July 15, 2019, 02:29:08 (IST)
Apparently, a technical snag is causing the delay
July 15, 2019, 02:25:01 (IST)
Breaking: Chandrayaan 2 mission on hold!
They’ll reportedly announce the countdown after some time.
July 15, 2019, 02:10:27 (IST)
The briefcase-sized rover has the trianga painted on its three wheels and the other side has the emblem on it.

July 15, 2019, 02:02:58 (IST)
Chandrayaan 2 liftoff in an hour!
July 15, 2019, 02:01:02 (IST)
Visitors at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
July 15, 2019, 01:58:03 (IST)
ISRO has broken down the entire Chandrayaan 2 mission in this detailed animated video.
July 15, 2019, 01:42:25 (IST)
The Orbiter has a mission life of one year to scan and map the Moon.

July 15, 2019, 01:36:38 (IST)
ISRO has completed the filling of the liquid hydrogen in the rocket.
July 15, 2019, 01:34:22 (IST)
Watch Chandrayaan 2 launch live!
In an hour, the live stream of the Chandrayaan 2 launch will begin.
Here’s where you can watch
the entire launch live.
July 15, 2019, 01:13:18 (IST)
July 15, 2019, 01:05:24 (IST)
50 years later and some people still do not believe that the
Apollo 11 Moon mission
took place.

July 15, 2019, 00:56:01 (IST)
T-minus 2 hours until launch
Here’s the GLSV Mk-III M1 launch vehicle in all its glory!

July 15, 2019, 00:19:36 (IST)
Part 1 of the fueling process is done, onto the next.
July 14, 2019, 23:38:26 (IST)
Padma Shri Awardee and the incredibly talented Sudarsan Pattnaik wishes ISRO before the launch
July 14, 2019, 23:22:49 (IST)
July 14, 2019, 22:29:49 (IST)
T minus five hours to go for the launch…
July 14, 2019, 22:11:12 (IST)
Cryogenic stage filling begins!
July 14, 2019, 21:16:41 (IST)
Chandrayaan 2 carrying NASA instrument
The Vikram lander will be carrying a NASA instrument called a Laser Retroreflector Array or LRA as a passive experiment. It’s going to be useful in measuring the distance between the lander and the Earth.
July 14, 2019, 20:45:18 (IST)
The Chandrayaan 2 trio
A quick look at the three modules in the Chandrayaan 2 mission going to the Moon.

July 14, 2019, 20:01:23 (IST)
India’s own space station!
ISRO Chief Dr Sivan had announced the space agency’s plans to set up
its own space station by 2030
. The announcement comes as an intent to sustain the capabilities and the capacity being built in the country as a part of the Gaganyaan mission, the indigenous human spaceflight program.

July 14, 2019, 19:03:44 (IST)
ISRO’s roadmap for 2019
After Chandrayaan 2,
ISRO’s Human Space Flight Centre
will be gearing up for its astronaut training efforts for its first-ever manned mission named Gaganyaan.

July 14, 2019, 18:24:16 (IST)
The making of Chandrayaan 2
July 14, 2019, 17:45:05 (IST)
What’s ISRO working on next?
There are a string of interesting projects on ISRO’s to-do list in the near-future. Chandrayaan-2 and the Gaganyaan manned mission are two of the better-known big missions. The agency is also working on a total of seven interplanetary missions over the coming decade. Here are I
SRO’S Interplanetary Missions in the near future
.
July 14, 2019, 17:19:12 (IST)
What’s the mission timeline of Chandrayaan-2?

July 14, 2019, 17:05:20 (IST)
July 14, 2019, 15:55:43 (IST)
Chandrayaan-2 is the first space mission to conduct a soft landing on the Moon’s South Polar region

July 14, 2019, 15:51:31 (IST)
Why is Chandrayaan-2 mission headed to the Moon’s South Pole?
With the Chandrayaan-2 mission, ISRO is aiming to take India & the global scientific community where no human or mission has been before – the Moon’s South Pole. There’s more than one reason for this strategic choice.
July 14, 2019, 15:14:51 (IST)
July 14, 2019, 15:07:13 (IST)
Yesterday, ISRO asked Twitter to suggest their Moon essentials, and the list of the most interesting suggestions is out!
https://www.firstpost.com/india/isro-asked-twitter-users-for-their-moon-essentials-and-india-has-responded-6983031.html
July 14, 2019, 15:04:06 (IST)
July 14, 2019, 14:51:19 (IST)
July 14, 2019, 14:42:39 (IST)
Chandrayaan-2’s journey to the Moon’s South Pole is unique in more ways that one
July 14, 2019, 14:08:44 (IST)
Here’s why the GSLV MKIII – ISRO’s heaviest & most capable launch vehicle – was chosen for the mission
July 14, 2019, 13:43:37 (IST)
Chandrayaan-2 is going closer to the South Pole than any Moon mission before it
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
<span data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“chandrayaan-2=”" to="" hunt="" for="" trillion-dollar-worth="" helium-3="" on="" moon’s="" surface"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">Chandrayaan 2 to hunt for trillion-dollar-worth Helium-3 on Moon’s surface
<span data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“an=”" intro="" to="" gslv-mkiii,="" the="" launch="" platform="" that="" will="" make="" chandrayaan-2="" and="" gaganyaan="" a="" reality"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">GSLV-MkIII, the launch platform that will make Chandrayaan-2 and Gaganyaan a reality
<span 2="" data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“chandrayaan=”" orbiter:="" everything="" you="" need="" to="" know="" about="" its="" objectives,="" science="" and="" design"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter: Everything you need to know about its objectives, science and design
<span 2="" data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“vikram=”" lander:="" all="" you="" will="" need="" to="" know="" about="" the="" vessel="" carrying="" chandrayaan="" pragyan="" rover="" moon"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">Vikram Lander: All you will need to know about the vessel carrying Chandrayaan 2 Pragyan Rover to the Moon
<span data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“how=”" does="" isro’s="" gslv="" mk-iii="" fare="" against="" some="" of="" the="" world’s="" most="" powerful="" rockets?"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">How does ISRO’s GSLV Mk-III fare against some of the world’s most powerful rockets?
<span 2="" data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“chandrayaan=”" demonstrates="" india’s="" potential,="" but="" engineering="" education="" standards="" need="" improvement="" to="" sustain="" innovation"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">Chandrayaan 2 demonstrates India’s potential, but engineering education standards need improvement to sustain innovation
<span data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“india=”" plans="" to="" have="" a="" space="" station="" of="" its="" own="" by="" 2030:="" here’s="" what="" we="" can="" expect"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">India plans to have a space station of its own by 2030: Here’s what we can expect
<span data-sheets-value="{" 1":2,“2”:“chandrayaan=”" 2:="" a="" brief="" history="" of="" every="" moonshot="" in="" the="" space="" exploration"}"="" data-sheets-userformat="{" 2":21441,“3”:{“1”:0},“9”:0,“10”:1,“11”:4,“12”:0,“15”:“arial=”" narrow",“17”:1}"="">A brief history of every moonshot in the history of space exploration
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