Bihar CM Nitish Kumar congratulates ISRO for Chandrayaan-2 successful launch

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful launch of Chandrayaan 2 - the country's second lunar mission that aims at exploring the unchartered south pole of the moon by landing a rover.

"ISRO has made history with the successful launch of Chandrayaan-2 from Sriharikota. It is a matter of pride for the entire nation. It is the result of hard work of ISRO scientists, who deserve commendation", Kumar - an engineer by qualification who is also known to be a science and technology enthusiast - said here in a statement.

श्रीहरिकोटा से चन्द्रयान-2 के सफल प्रक्षेपण पर इसरो के वैज्ञानिकों को बधाई। इसरो ने अंतरिक्ष में एक नया इतिहास रचा है। यह पूरे देश के लिए गर्व की बात है। https://t.co/GX9wzQu79F @isro #ISRO#Chandrayaan2#चंद्रयान2

— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) July 22, 2019

India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 on-board its powerful rocket GSLV- MkIII-M1 from the spaceport at Sriharikota to explore the unchartered south pole of the celestial body by landing a rover.

The geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle lifted-off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here into cloudy skies at 2.43 pm and successfully placed the 3,850-kg Chandrayaan-2 into the earth orbit about 16 minutes later.