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A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III, carrying the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, had lifted off at 2.43 pm on Monday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. read more

The 43.4 metre tall, 640 tonne rocket, nicknamed ‘Bahubali’, carried the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, which will carry out India’s second mission to its closest celestial neighbour. read more

Isro is already working towards its next milestone in the first half of 2020: a solar mission called Aditya L1 to study the external layers of the sun. The Prime Minister has announced a manned space mission by 2022 read more

India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 on board its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport in Sriharikota to explore the unchartered south pole of the celestial body by landing a rover. read more

The launch of India’s moon mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh at 2.43 pm was the second attempt after the first bid on July 15 had to be aborted with an hour to go before the launch due to... read more

ISRO successful launched India’s indigenous moon mission, Chandrayaan-2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. read more

Not just Virat Kohli, there were other from the Indian cricketing fraternity too who hailed ISRO’s great achievement. read more

The Chandrayaan-2 will now spend six additional days in Earth’s orbit and 15 fewer days around the moon before it lands on the day that was originally planned, Isro scientists have said. read more

Chandrayaan-2 lifted off onboard Isro’s most powerful launcher, the 640-tonne rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III), from the country’s only launch site Satish Dhawan Space Centre. read more

In less than 24 hours from now, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the nation’s first lunar landing mission, in what has been described as one of the most complex missions ever undertaken by the space agency. read more

Technical snags had forced ISRO to abort the scheduled launch of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar mission on July 15. read more

Roughly an hour before the blast-off early on Monday morning, scientists at the ISRO noticed that the fuel pressure in the last of the three-stage propulsion system of the GSLV Mark III was falling and suspected a helium leak. read more

Chandrayaan 2 was set for launch atop a GSLV Mark III — India’s most powerful rocket — from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota off the Andhra Pradesh coast, but countdown was halted 56 minutes and 24 seconds before the planned liftoff. read more

This is the fifth time India’s second lunar mission has been postponed, but the first time it happened after the assembly of the spacecraft was completed at the country’s only launch site at Sriharikota. read more