India's first lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 was fitted to the launch pad for rehearsals late on Saturday night and the process "went off well", a space agency official said three days ahead of the final launch.
"The launch rehearsal was held at 10 pm and everything went off fine. It is like a dress rehearsal ahead of the October 22 launch," a scientist said declining to be named.
The fully integrated Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11) with the lunar spacecraft atop was moved to the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km from Chennai, and off the Bay of Bengal.Hopefully everything goes right on wednesday as this mission has economic and strategic value
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