Chandrayaan-2 begins 48-day journey to the Moon amid anxiety and euphoria

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Isro and its scientists on this feat

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GSLV-MkIII-M1 rocket carrying Chandrayaan-2 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh 

Current affairs: The mood was euphoric on Monday at the mission control room of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro’s) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.

At 2.43 pm the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mk III (GSLV-Mk III), carrying the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, lifted off from its launchpad.

GSLV-Mk III cost Rs 375 crore and Chandrayaan-2 Rs 603 crore.

After a technical snag aborting the takeoff on July 15, the space agency succeeded in putting the satellite on the...read more

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