June 5, 2019 11:48 AM

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ISRO to launch Chandrayaan-2 between July 9-16

<span style="color: #222222;">The Indian Space Research Organisation has found a suitable window to launch India's second spacecraft to the moon, 'Chandrayaan-2' between July 9 and July 16 with an expected soft landing on the moon on September 6. <br />''<br />'' ISRO sources have confirmed that GSLV Mark-III will launch Chandrayaan-2 from Sriharikota during the favoured window time.<br />''<br />'' ISRO has said that all three modules of the moon mission, Orbiter, Lander-Vikram and Rover-Pragyan are ready. <br />''<br />''The modules underwent tests in the ISRO satellite Integration and test establishment campus in Bengaluru and are ready to be shifted to Sriharikota spaceport of ISRO. <br />''<br />''India is standing on a cusp of creating history by becoming the only country in the world to launch a rover in the lunar South Pole.</span><br />

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