The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is reportedly looking to launch the Chandrayaan 2 mission as early as Sunday, 21 July or Monday morning, 22 July.
This is after the 15 July launch of India's second mission to the moon was cancelled due to last minute leak in cryogenic stage of the GSLV-MkIII 'Bahubali' rocket.
Inside sources told The Times of India that ISRO now has two tentative schedules as it scrambles to get the earliest possible launch window.
"“First we thought it could be early 22 July morning, a similar time as the July 15 schedule. Now that has been reconfigured to even may be launch some time Sunday afternoon.”" - TOI Sources
While ISRO hasn't officially confirmed this, a senior scientist told TOI that it is "hopeful" of a launch by Monday.
15 July had the longest launch window of 10 minutes, but ISRO has a minute long daily window for the rest of the month.
(With inputs from The Times of India)
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