\'Bounced back with flying colours,\' says ISRO chief on successful launch
\'It is beginning of historic journey of India towards moon, carry out scientific experiments,\' he also said.
Sriharikota: Right after the Chandrayaan-2 launched and successfully injected into the Earth orbit, Indian Space Research Organisation chairman K Sivan spoke proudly and lauded the collective efforts of the entire team behind the mission.
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He said, "I'm extremely happy to announce that the GSLVMkIII-M1 successfully injected Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into Earth Orbit. It is the beginning of a historic journey of India towards moon & to land at a place near South Pole to carry out scientific experiments."
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"After that technical snag we had, we fixed it & now ISRO has bounced back with flying colours," he added.
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