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Chandrayaan-2: Moon Mission Launch Called Off By ISRO 56 Minutes Before Lift-Off Due To ‘Technical Snag’

Swarajya Staff

Jul 15, 2019, 03:47 AM | Updated 03:46 AM IST


A part of ISRO’s GSLV Mark-III. (ISRO)
A part of ISRO’s GSLV Mark-III. (ISRO)

The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has called off the launch of its second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, due to a ‘technical snag’.

According to the agency, the technical snag was observed around 56 minutes before the scheduled lift-off of the launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the barrier island of Sriharikota off India's south-eastern coast.

The mission was to be launched at 2:51 am.

ISRO will soon announce a new date for the launch of the mission.

The filling of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuels had been completed just a few minutes before the countdown for lift-off was put on hold.

ISRO has not provided details about the ‘technical snag’. The agency has not clarified if the technical glitch was with the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft or the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III, its heaviest rocket.

Read: How Chandrayaan-2 Will Travel From Earth To Moon


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