The stage is all set for the launch of India's second Moon Mission, or "Chandrayaan-2", on Monday.

 

印度第二次探月任务“月船2号”定于本周一发射。

 

A launch rehearsal¹ has been successfully carried out, and performance was described as "normal."

 

"Launch rehearsal of GSLVMkIII-M1 Chandrayaan2 mission completed, performance normal," the Indian Space Research Organisation² (ISRO) had tweeted late on Saturday night.

 

"Chandrayaan-2" will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 14:43 on Monday in Sriharikota off the Bay of Bengal coast located in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

 

The nearly 150-million-U.S. dollar Moon Mission aims at gathering³ data on water, minerals and rock formations on the Lunar surface.

 

The 'Lander' and the 'Rover' are expected to touch down near the Lunar south pole in early September, becoming the first ever spacecraft to land in that region.

 

If successfully carried out, India would become the fourth country, after the United States, Russia and China, to achieve this feat⁴.

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