19 July,2019 11:58 AM IST | | mid-day online desk
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Chennai: After a technical glitch at the initial launch date, India's ambitious second mission to the Moon Chandrayaan-2 will now lift off at 2.43 pm on July 22 with scientists resolving the glitch in GSLV-MkIII-M1 rocket, space agency ISRO said on Thursday.
Chandrayaan-2, which will be launched on-board Geostationary Launch Vehicle GSLV-Mk-III dubbed 'Baahubali, is ready "to take a billion dreams to the Moon", ISRO said.
In an update on its website, ISRO said that remedial action had been taken based on the findings of a committee formed to analyse the cause of the glitch following which the rocket performance was 'normal'. The launch of Chandrayaan-2will now take place from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2.43 pm.
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