'Flawless Launch', 'Another Benchmark' and An Ode to Nehru: Who Said What After Chandrayaan-2 Launch
In a historic leap for India, ISRO successfully launched the country’s second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, aimed at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole with India’s most powerful geosynchronous launch vehicle injecting the spacecraft in the Earth orbit after lift-off from Sriharikota on Monday.
The 43.43m-tall three stage rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre into cloudy skies at 2.43pm and about 16 minutes later released the 3,850 kg Chandrayaan-2 into the orbit, a week after the earlier launch was called off on July 15 following a technical snag observed during the propellant filling stage.
The injection of the Chandrayaan-2 into the Earth orbit marks the successful accomplishment of the first phase of the ambitious mission that will take about 48 days to land on the Moon surface.
The feat won praise from all quarters, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling it a “special moment that will be etched in the annals of our glorious history". He added that the mission was “Indian at heart, Indian in spirit".
Indian at heart, Indian in spirit! What would make every Indian overjoyed is the fact that #Chandrayaan2 is a fully indigenous mission. It will have an Orbiter for remote sensing the Moon and also a Lander-Rover module for analysis of lunar surface.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 22, 2019
Several other leaders, cutting across party lines, congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the mission.
Home Minister Amit Shah said the mission “set yet another benchmark in the field of space technology".
I congratulate our scientists at @isro for the successful launch of #Chandrayaan2 and setting yet another benchmark in the field of space technology. A grateful nation is proud of them.I also thank PM Modi ji for encouraging our institutions for setting new standards everytime. pic.twitter.com/k26szPwhIE— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 22, 2019
#ISRO has yet again accomplished a mammoth feat. Salute to the team who have spent countless days ensuring the success of #Chandrayaan2 @isro— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 22, 2019
The Congress, meanwhile, said it was the “right time" to remember the visionary move of India’s first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
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
After 11 years, #ISRO is once again ready to take India on the moon. #GSLVMkIII-M1 will become the first spacecraft to land on the Moon’s South Polar Region.I congratulate our brilliant scientists & everyone involved in this historic project. All the best @isro#Chandrayaan2— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) July 22, 2019
Congratulations to ISRO scientists on flawless launching of #Chandrayaan2 from SriharikotaTeam 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
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