Aiming to take “a billion dreams” to the moon, India has successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2. The launch was done from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh at 2.43 pm IST on Monday (July 22).
The prime objective of the mission is to map the location and abundance of lunar water. Chandrayaan-2 was launched using the 640-tonne rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III).
Shortly after the spacecraft was successfully launched, Indian cricket fraternity took to social media to congratulate the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO). The likes of Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina shared their felicitations over their respective Twitter handles.
Another historic and proud moment for the nation as the #Chandrayaan 2 is launched 🙏🏻 Jai Hind 🇮🇳#ISRO #IndiaMoonMission
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 22, 2019
Many congratulations to Team #Chandrayaan2 @isro for the successful and seamless launch ! pic.twitter.com/LINKS5ZHUk
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 22, 2019
I always looked up at the moon as a child, wondering what secrets it's hiding. The successful launch of #Chandrayaan2 will shed some light on these secrets, & motivate the next gen to help India's space exploration programme. I congratulate everyone at @ISRO for this success. pic.twitter.com/xy6aGt0xi3
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) July 22, 2019
I congratulate Team @isro on achieving yet another milestone with the launch of #Chandrayaan2!
Hope this paves the way for many more ambitious and successful missions in the future. Jai Hind 🇮🇳! pic.twitter.com/io919I1YrS
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 22, 2019
This is HISTORIC! Propelling a billion dreams into the sky. What a proud moment for 🇮🇳 #Chandrayaan2
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) July 22, 2019
Exemplary ! Many congratulations to @isro on the successful launch of #Chandrayaan2 . pic.twitter.com/9b7RzQYOkl
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 22, 2019
Indeed a historic moment for India. 🇮🇳 Congratulations to all the members of @isro for successfully launching #Chandrayaan2
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) July 22, 2019
Congrats to team @isro on the successful launch of #Chandrayaan2.
A historic and a proud moment for us. #JaiHind 🇮🇳🙏🏻— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18) July 22, 2019
Some countries have moon on their flags
🇵🇰🇹🇷🇹🇳🇱🇾🇦🇿🇩🇿🇲🇾🇲🇻🇲🇷While some countries having their flags on moon
🇺🇸 🇷🇺 🇮🇳 🇨🇳#Chandrayaan2theMoon— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 22, 2019
Congratulations team @ISRO, this is a very proud and historical moment for India! #Chandrayaan2
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1) July 22, 2019
This is literally “Shooting for the moon”🙏🏻🙏🏻
Congratulations @Isro for the historic achievement.
Another proud moment for the nation.#Chandrayaan-2#ISRO— IamKedar (@JadhavKedar) July 22, 2019
Congratulations to @isro on successful launch of #Chandrayaan2. Salute to all the scientists whose efforts have made this possible. Bravo guys!
You have made the nation proud.— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) July 22, 2019
Congratulations on the launch. Pray the mission is as successful. Southern half of the moon could have the answers for both past n future n #Chandrayaan2 could be the game changer https://t.co/CYxfJ0JHfv
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) July 22, 2019
Yet another wonderful achievement by @isro, they constantly make sure of taking the nation forward in their field and making us proud time and again! #Chandrayan2 pic.twitter.com/GFLcnQiBe7
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) July 22, 2019
What a beautiful sight. Proud moment for the nation on the launch of #Chandrayaan2 @isro pic.twitter.com/8dCRwJSiSm
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 22, 2019
