20-hour countdown for launch of Chandrayaan-2 mission under way

A 20-hour countdown for the launch of India’s second Moon mission- Chandrayaan-2- onboard GSLV Mk-III, country's most powerful rocket to date, began at 6.51am on Sunday. The launch is scheduled at 2.51am on Monday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. With Chandrayaan-2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) aims at landing on the Moon for the first time.

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