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Chandrayaan-2 Launch

GSLV Mk III M1 lifting off with Chandrayaan-2
GSLV Mk III-M1 lifts off with Chandrayaan-2, 22 July 2019. Image: ISRO (GODL-India)

Chandrayaan-2 was originally scheduled to lift off on 15 July 2019 at 02:51 IST, but the launch was aborted 56 minutes before the count ended due to a technical glitch β€” reported as a helium leak in the cryogenic upper stage. ISRO resolved the issue and the mission launched a week later, on 22 July 2019 at 09:13:12 UTC (14:43 IST), on the first operational flight of the GSLV Mk III (M1) from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

The launcher placed the 3,850 kg composite spacecraft (orbiter + lander + rover) into an Earth parking orbit noticeably better than planned, saving fuel that would later extend the orbiter's life to about seven and a half years.

Like Chandrayaan-1, the spacecraft used a fuel-efficient series of Earth-bound orbit-raising burns before trans-lunar injection on 14 August 2019, reaching lunar orbit on 20 August 2019. See the detailed launch timeline.

Source: Wikipedia β€” Chandrayaan-2