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ISRO ready to launch Chandrayaan-2 on July 15

<span style="color: #222222;">As the countdown for Chandrayaan-2 progresses at the SHAR Space Port, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is ready with the launch on Monday in Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">At 2.51 early morning that day, the GSLV MKIII rocket will fire the mission which involves Vikram – the lander and Progyan – the rover to travel the distance and do a soft-landing on the Moon on 6th September. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The entire mission is going through readiness and tests since Sunday at the Satish Dhawan Space Port in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' President Ram Nath Kovind will be the top dignitary to witness the launch of the country's high profile mission Chandrayaan-2 on Monday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' ISRO's earlier mission to the Moon in 2008, called Chandrayaan, not only succeeded but also made the remarkable discovery of water on the lunar surface.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar mission, has three modules, namely Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) & Rover (Pragyan). </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Orbiter and Lander modules will be interfaced mechanically and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated inside the GSLV MK-III launch vehicle.</span><br />''  

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