The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has rectified the fault in its GSLV-Mark III launch vehicle and the Chandrayaan-2 is scheduled to liftoff on July 22 at 2.43 PM Indian Standard Time, ISRO tweeted on Thursday.

Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST on Monday, July 22, 2019. #Chandrayaan2 #GSLVMkIII #ISRO

— ISRO (@isro) July 18, 2019

The flight was called off on July 15 after a technical snag was noticed in the 'Bahubali' spacecraft, almost an hour before the liftoff. As per the ISRO officials, the glitch in the spacecraft has been rectified.

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The rocket GSLV-Mk III was supposed to lift off at 2.51 a.m. on Monday with India's second moon mission spacecraft Chandrayaan-2.

"A technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system at 1 hour before the launch. As a measure of abundant precaution, #Chandrayaan2 launch has been called off for today. The revised launch date will be announced later," ISRO tweeted and didn't elaborate further.

The Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission is a prestigious one as it is aimed to make India as the fourth nation in the world to land and ride on the moon.

The other three nations that had achieved this feat are Russia, the US and China.

First Published:Jul 18, 2019 11:39 AM IST