New Delhi, July 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully launching Chandrayaan 2 - the country's ambitious lunar mission - on Monday. Describing it as a path-breaking launch, Modi said the mission will help unveiling still-to-be-known aspects of the moon. Watch Stunning Video of Chandrayaan 2 Launch!

"Efforts such as Chandrayaan 2 will further encourage our bright youngsters towards science, top quality research and innovation. Thanks to Chandrayaan, India’s Lunar Programme will get a substantial boost. Our existing knowledge of the Moon will be significantly enhanced," the Prime Minister said.

"Chandrayaan 2 is unique because it will explore and perform studies on the south pole region of lunar terrain which is not explored and sampled by any past mission. This mission will offer new knowledge about the Moon," he added.

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Chandrayaan 2, India's second mission to the moon, successfully took off at 2:43 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. This was the second attempt made by the ISRO to launch the mission, after the first attempt had failed to yield result on July 16.

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Chandrayaan 2 is expected to make the landing on moon's surface on September 6 or 7. If the soft-landing is successful, this would be make India the fourth nation -- after the United States, Russia and China -- to successfully make a soft-landing on the moon's surface.

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