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India’s date with moon set for March 2018, Isro ready to launch Chandrayaan 2

India’s second unmanned lunar mission will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

science Updated: Sep 27, 2017 12:54 IST

Malavika Vyawahare
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Isro's heaviest rocket GSLV Mk 3 takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota . Chandrayaan 2 will be launched on GSLV Mk 2.(PTI fiIe photo)

India is aiming for the moon, again.
Indian Space Research Organisation’s second unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan 2, will lift off in March 2018, a decade after Chandrayaan 1 was launched, Isro sources told Hindustan Times on Tuesday.
Chandrayaan 2 would be launched on a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark 2 (GSLV Mk 2) that will blast off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, sources said, refusing to disclose the exact lift-off date.
GSLV Mk 2 is the largest launch vehicle developed by India and has several successful missions to its credit, Isro website says.
Weighing 3,250kg, Chandrayaan (moon vehicle) 2 would have an orbiter, lander and rover.
The orbiter would be launched into a lunar orbit where the lander will separate, make a soft landing on the moon and deploy the rover, sources said.