Updated: July 22, 2019 4:18 PM IST 
New Delhi: As India gears up for round two of the ambitious moon mission, Chandrayaan-2 is all set for its historic flight to explore the south pole region of Moon. The rocket will be launched at 2:43 PM sharp on Monday from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
If the mission succeeds, India would be placed among the top four lunar pioneers after the US, Russia, and China.
The Rs 978-crore mission, which was originally scheduled to set off at 2.51 AM on July 15 was rescheduled just 56 minutes before the launch due to a technical glitch. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists aborted the mission but took swift remedial actions and announced the re-launch three days ago.
A 20-hour countdown began on Sunday evening at 6:43 PM, the space agency tweeted. “All preparatory work for Chandrayaan-2 launch completed. Technical snags that developed in the first attempt have been rectified. Chandrayaan-2 will perform 15 crucial manoeuvres in days to come,” ISRO chairman K Sivan had informed yesterday.
Chandrayaan-2, India’s second lunar mission, has three modules namely Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) & Rover (Pragyan). The Orbiter and Lander modules will be interfaced mechanically and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated inside the GSLV MK-III launch vehicle.
Interestingly, GSLV MK-III launch vehicle was nicknamed as ‘Bahubali’ after the muscular hero of the successful film with the same title, as the rocket will carry the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-II spacecraft.
India’s first Moon mission Chandrayaan-1 scripted history by making more than 3,400 orbits around the Moon and was operational for 312 days till August 29, 2009. At that time, it was supposed to be a joint India-Russia mission but was halted owing to the design flaws detected in the Russian lander and rover.
Cricket Captain Virat Kohli also congratulated ISRO for the launch of Chandrayaan-2
Another historic and proud moment for the nation as the #Chandrayaan 2 is launched 🙏🏻 Jai Hind 🇮🇳#ISRO #IndiaMoonMission
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 22, 2019
भारत के लिए यह एक ऐतिहासिक क्षण है।
चंद्रयान-2 के सफल प्रक्षेपण से आज पूरा देश गौरवान्वित है।
मैंने थोड़ी देर पहले ही इसके लॉन्च में निरंतर तन-मन से जुटे रहे वैज्ञानिकों से बात की और उन्हें पूरे देश की ओर से बधाई दी। #Chandrayaan2 https://t.co/50UodlbH0y
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 22, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out a string of tweets noting the uniqueness of Chandrayaan-2 and said that efforts like this encourage India’s ‘bright youngsters’.
Efforts such as #Chandrayaan2 will further encourage our bright youngsters towards science, top quality research and innovation.
Thanks to Chandrayaan, India’s Lunar Programme will get a substantial boost. Our existing knowledge of the Moon will be significantly enhanced.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 22, 2019
‘Good time to remember Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr Manmohan Singh’, Congress tweets out its hearty congratulations to ISRO scientists for the successful launch of Chandrayaan-2.
This is a good time to remember the visionary move of India's first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to fund space research through INCOSPAR in1962 which later became ISRO. And also Dr. Manmohan Singh for sanctioning the #Chandrayan2 project in 2008. pic.twitter.com/2Tje349pa0
— Congress (@INCIndia) July 22, 2019
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also congratulated the ISRO team in his tweet saying, “The nation is extremely proud of its scientists and Team ISRO.”
Congratulations to ISRO scientists on flawless launching of #Chandrayaan2 from Sriharikota
Team ISRO scripted a new chapter in India’s space history with the launch of this ambitious and indigenous Mission to Moon.
The nation is extremely proud of its scientists and Team ISRO.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) July 22, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted in celebration of the triumphant launch calling it the “prowess of our scientists and the determination of 130 crore Indians to scale new frontiers of science”.
Special moments that will be etched in the annals of our glorious history!
The launch of #Chandrayaan2 illustrates the prowess of our scientists and the determination of 130 crore Indians to scale new frontiers of science.
Every Indian is immensely proud today! pic.twitter.com/v1ETFneij0
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 22, 2019
Announcing the successful launch of GSLV MK-III as it injected Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into Earth Orbit, ISRO Chief K Sivan says, “It is the beginning of a historic journey of India towards moon & to land at a place near South Pole to carry out scientific experiments.”
#GSLVMkIII-M1 successfully injects #Chandrayaan2 spacecraft into Earth Orbit
Here's the view of #Chandrayaan2 separation#ISRO pic.twitter.com/GG3oDIxduG— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019
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