Check back for live coverage on launch day! India is launching a new Earth-observation satellite today (May 21), and you can watch it lift off live online. The much-anticipated launch on Monday afternoon after the initial attempt on July 15 was watched by a billion population after it was … Fountain will be realised at the middle of the rocket garden. The confidence in solving the glitch that occured last week has made Sivan to take a decision to go ahead with today's launch. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying Indian radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 on Wednesday from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. You can now watch India’s space missions take off live from the base. The Space Port of India, naturally attracts the visitors to witness the launch activities and cheer for the pride of our Nation.

Launch View Gallery. We even saw the first stage of GSLV getting disconnected from the rocket. Carrying a "billion dreams" in a giant leap for the country's ambitious low-cost space programme, the most …

India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 aimed at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole was successfully launched today with the country's most powerful GSLV-MkIII-M1. After a tense countdown at the Isro space centre, Chandrayaan 2 launch took place at exactly 2:43 on Monday.

There is one more island, Pulicat on the way. Sriharikota: India on Monday successfully launched its second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 from its most powerful rocket with a plan to land the rover on September 7 in the unexplored lunar south pole, exactly a week after the liftoff was aborted due to a technical snag. It will liftoff aboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III M1 (GSLV MkIII M1) rocket today from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. ISRO to Launch Border Surveillance Satellite RISAT-2BR1 from Sriharikota Today Image tweeted by ISRO on December 10. The computers will take over control till the launch of the rocket. At present, there are no appropriate facilities for accommodating more number of visitors to view the launch at Sriharikota. Chandrayaan 2 is a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan 1, which helped confirm the presence of water/hydroxyl on the Moon in 2009. The nearest railway station is Sullurpeta, which is 18 Km away from Sriharikota, and limited public or private transport is available from Sullurpeta to Sriharikota. rocket launch live. If you would like to watch a launch, you can read my blog on How to watch a rocket launch in Sriharikota, India or How to register for Chandrayaan-2 launch . Sriharikota rocket launch.