This has been done to exercise caution as Chandrayaan-2 will be ISRO's first inter-planetary mission to land a rover on any celestial body, they said.
The original targeted date for the launch was kept on April 23. However, as the ongoing tests for the lunar mission will take 20 more days, the date could not be met.
The experts had met recently and suggested the tests, following which the mission will now be launched in October, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan said.
If the April launch of the Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, is not possible, then the ISRO will aim for a launch by October.
The rover of India's second lunar mission, costing nearly Rs 800 crore, will be made to land near the yet-unexplored south pole, ISRO's newly-appointed chairman K Sivan said.
In Chandrayan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, ISRO is planning to rover to explore the lunar surface.
It will be launched using a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV Mk II) which includes a lunar orbiter, lander and rover, all made in India.
Like Chandrayaan 1 mission, Chandrayaan 2 will also be an example of ISRO’s “frugal engineering” and it will cost a meagre $91 million.
India’s first lunar probe, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which had gone missing after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with it on August 29, 2009, has been found orbiting the Moon by US space
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