India on Monday successfully launched Chandrayaan 2 into space to perform a soft landing of a rover on the moon. The country's most ambitious mission yet to cement its position as a leading low-cost space power had cost 10-billion rupee ($146 million). If successful, it will enable India to carry out studies on the presence of water on the south pole of the moon.
The rocket blasted off onboard the Bahubali GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota at around 2:43 pm. Source - ISRO Twitter.