Live: ISRO rocket with Chandrayaan 2 lifts off from Sriharikota
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The Indian Space Research Organisation is counting down to the launch of India's second mission to the Moon. Chandrayaan-2 is scheduled for launch just at 2.43 pm today from the country's spaceport at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Watch: Chandrayaan-2 lifts off from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota
Less than an hour to go ! #Chandrayaan2 #GSLVMkIII #ISRO
— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019
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Filling of Liquid Hydrogen in Cryogenic Stage(C25) of GSLVMkIII-M1 completed.
#ISRO #Chandrayaan2
— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019
As our journey begins, do you know what is the distance of Moon from Earth? The average distance is 3, 84, 000 km, Vikram lander will land on Moon on the 48th day of the mission, which begins today.
Here's different view of #GSLVMkIII-M1 pic.twitter.com/4LFEmT2xxZ
#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO
— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019
Two hours to go !!! Filling of Liquid Oxygen in Cryogenic Stage(C25) of #GSLVMkIII-M1 completed and Filling of Liquid Hydrogen is in progress
Going to Mars requires different set of technology to be developed because Mars has a different atmosphere when you try to land there: @Doctor_Astro to WION #Chandrayaan2 #moonmission2
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
Proximity gives an edge to the moon in terms of space exploration. If you have to bring an astronaut back from Mars, it takes more than 6 months but for the moon, the total time is just 3 days: NASA space scientist Amitabha Ghosh to WION
Astronaut Chris Hadfield, who was the first Canadian to walk in space, shares his views with WION about Chandrayaan-2
Watch: WION speaks to Canadian astronaut @Cmdr_Hadfield ahead of #Chandrayaan2 launch pic.twitter.com/2A3cPDhDjA
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
Going to Mars requires different set of technology to be developed because Mars has a different atmosphere when you try to land there: @Doctor_Astro to WION #Chandrayaan2 #moonmission2
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
From cost perspective, it's easier to go back to the moon and show that human beings can live for a long time in space-like environment: @Doctor_Astro to WION #Chandrayaan2 #moonmission2
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
Georgiana Kramer, from Moon Mineralogy Mapper team of Chandrayaan 1, talks about the significance of #Chandrayaan2 for India and why soft landing is such a big deal? Watch the video pic.twitter.com/b4xFwSO8X3
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
In the next 30 years, I hope to see public-private partnership models where you have space programme where investments will happen: Former NASA rocket scientist @Doctor_Astro to WION's Mohammed Saleh #Chandrayaan2 #moonmission2
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
The future human colony on the lunar surface will require the development of infrastructure: Former NASA rocket scientist Dr Anita Sengupta
Watch: @Doctor_Astro speaks to WION on how important it is to make space missions more economical ahead of #Chandrayaan2 launch pic.twitter.com/IIEzbd1nB8
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
In the next 30 years, I hope to see public-private partnership models where you have space programme where investments will happen: Former NASA rocket scientist @Doctor_Astro to WION's Mohammed Saleh #Chandrayaan2 #moonmission2
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
#Chandrayaan2 will give impetus to human space programmes around the world - a direction to setup a future human colony on the lunar surface. And that will require development of infrastructure: Former NASA rocket scientist @Doctor_Astro to WION's Mohammed Saleh
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
It's very difficult for water to be there on the lunar surface. If it's there, it's going to be in the form of ice: Georgiana Kramer, from Moon Mineralogy Mapper team of Chandrayaan 1 to WION on #Chandrayaan2 mission
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
Chandrayaan 2 is going to tell us how accessible the water on the lunar surface is going for us: Georgiana Kramer, from Moon Mineralogy Mapper team of Chandrayaan 1 to WION's Mohammed Saleh
#Chandrayaan2, all the way from launching to landing on the lunar surface, is incredibly important for future human missions to moon: Former NASA rocket scientist @Doctor_Astro to WION's Mohammed Saleh pic.twitter.com/MiRCCOND1y
— WION (@WIONews) July 22, 2019
Less than five hours for the launch !!!
— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019
Filling of Liquid Oxygen for the Cryogenic Stage(C25) of #GSLVMkIII-M1 commenced#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO
It might be possible to live on the moon in the coming ten years if we collectively choose to do so, says the first Canadian to walk in space, Chris Hadfield about India's Chandrayaan-2
Lower cost is a positive aspect of Indian space programmes, says Alok Chatterjee, Project Engineer at JPL/NASA
It will be the first Indian expedition to attempt a soft landing on the lunar surface, says Alok Chatterjee, Project Engineer at JPL/NASA
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan said that the Chandrayaan-2 will perform 15 crucial manoeuvres in the days to come. Sivan said that all the preparatory works regarding the launch have been completed and technical snags that developed in the first attempt have been rectified.ISRO is keeping update on the launch.
Chandrayaan-2 will explore a region of Moon where no mission has ever set foot. The spacecraft consists of an orbiter, a lander, and a rover together referred to as "composite body."
Filling of N204 for the liquid core stage (L110) of #GSLVMkIII-M1 completed today (22.07.2019) at 0240 hrs IST#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO
— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019
The Rs 978-crore Chandrayaan-2 Project will launch India into a club of nations that have successfully landed spacecraft on the moon—the US, Russia and China.
Besides gaining a spot in an elite club, India will make significant findings about the origin of the moon, its elemental composition, and more importantly, validate initial findings of the Chandrayaan I about the presence of water on the moon.
The 640-tonne GSLV-Mk3, on its first operational flight, will place Chandrayaan II in the Earth Parking Orbit (EPO) approximately 16.2 minutes after take-off. (Image courtesy: ISRO)
The 20-hour countdown began at 6.43 pm on July 21. It will be launched at 2.43 pm today.
🇮🇳 #ISROMissions 🇮🇳
— ISRO (@isro) July 21, 2019
The launch countdown of #GSLVMkIII-M1/#Chandrayaan2 commenced today at 1843 Hrs IST. The launch is scheduled at 1443 Hrs IST on July 22nd.
More updates to follow... pic.twitter.com/WVghixIca6
"The technical snag we had observed on fifteenth (July 15) has been corrected. The vehicle is in good condition; the rehearsal has gone well too. The tests were conducted for 1.5 days to ensure the same snag does not recur. There are no chances of it happening again.": Indian space research organisation chairman K Sivan
Chandrayaan-2 to perform 15 maneuvers, countdown for the launch begins
The countdown for the launch of Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar exploration mission after Chandrayaan-1, begins Sunday evening.