ISRO launches Chandrayaan 2 successfully to reach Moon’s south pole

India’s space agency ISRO has successfully launched their second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2.
GSLV Mk III-M1 Rocket which was launched from Sriharikota successfully injects Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft into Earth Orbit.

Chandrayaan2 will be the world’s first lunar mission to reach the Moon’s south pole region.
Chandrayaan-2 will attempt to soft land the lander -Vikram and rover- Pragyan.
This mission will allow Indian scientists to carry out studies regarding the presence of water at the moon’s south pole, unexplored by any other nation before.

China, Russia and the United States are the only other nations to have sent missions to the moon.

A technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system at 1 hour before the previous launch attempt on July 15.
ISRO Team was able to quickly fix the issue and launched successfully within a week. ISRO chairman K. Sivan was saying that they Bounced Back With Flying Colours.

On 48 Day i-e on September 7th the Lander ‘Vikram’ will land on Moon and will put the rover ‘Pragyan’. Then both the Lander and Rover will be in operation for 14 days.