TIL Desk/National/Chennai/ Indias unmanned lunar mission that will land on the South Pole of the moon a first for any country will be successful in its second bid on Monday, said the space agency chief, a week after a technical snag put off the first try of the launch at the final hour.
The technical snag we had observed on July 15 has been corrected. The vehicle is in good condition; the rehearsal has gone well too, K Sivan, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, told. Tests were conducted for 1.5 days to ensure the same snag does not recur. There are no chances of it happening again.
The indigenously developed GSLV-Mk-3 is Indias most powerful rocket and can carry a 4-tonne satellite 36,000 km above earth. The Chandrayaan-2 mission the spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and rover weighs 3.8 tonne. Chandrayaan-2 is scheduled for launch at 2.43 pm on Monday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
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