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Chandrayaan-2 takes off: People laud ISRO on Twitter over moon mission
Updated On: 22 July, 2019 03:38 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
As three-stage rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre from Sriharikota, people on social media celebrate the proud moment of the nation

A view of the Chandrayaan-2 onboard GSLV-Mk0III-M1 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, Monday/ PTI
India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 was successfully launched on Monday with an aim at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole. The three-stage rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre into the skies at 2.43 p.m and about 16 minutes later released the 3,850 kg Chandrayaan-2 into the orbit. An earlier launch was called off on July 15 following a technical observed during the propellant filling stage.
It is touted as the most complex and prestigious mission undertaken by ISRO since its inception. Chandrayaan-2 will make India the fourth country to soft-land a rover on the lunar surface after Russia, the United States and China.
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