India to launch second lunar mission on July 22 after delay

FILE PHOTO: Spectators leave a viewing gallery after India's second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, was called off, in Sriharikota, India, July 15, 2019. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar

BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s space agency said on Thursday it would launch the country’s second lunar mission on July 22, after the original launch was called off due to a ‘technical snag’ earlier this week.

Chandrayaan-2, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is now scheduled to be launched at 0913 GMT (1443 IST) on July 22, ISRO said in a tweet.

(Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; editing by Gopakumar Warrier)

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