The Indian Space Research Organization(ISR0) have scheduled the Chadrayaan-II liftoff on July 22 at 2.43 p.m.
Due to a technical snag in the rocket system, the launch ofIndia's most ambitious space mission was aborted less than an hour before itsscheduled lift-off at 2:51 am on July 15.
The powerful GSLV Mark III rocket was set to go up fromSriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with a rover that would have landed on the moonin about two months' time.
"There was a heliumleak from the propellent team. The problem has now been discovered. A nipple jointvalve in the plumbing malfunctioned," an ex-ISRO scientist was quoted as sayingby HT.
An analysis published by Sputnik International claimed thatthe approximate $124-million price tag of the Chandrayaan 2 is less than halfthe budget of Hollywood blockbuster Avengers Endgame ($356 million). The Indianspace agency has a budget that's 20 times less than NASA, its US counterpart.
India's next big mission will involve sending a human intoorbit through Gaganyaan by 2022.
