"The initial data analysis from IIRS, clearly demonstrates the presence of widespread lunar hydration and unambiguous detection of OH and H2O signatures on the Moon between 29°N and 62°N lat., after incorporating physics-based thermal correction to reflectance data," the paper which was published in Current Science journal said.
The trajectory of the spacecraft, which lifted off from the Sriharikota spaceport on 5:43 AM, was seen as deviating from the set path around five minutes into the launch, soon after the announcement of separation of the payload fairings and firing of the third cryogenic stage of the rocket.
A technical fault occurred in the third and final ignition stage shortly after the rocket was launched from the space center in Sriharikota in southern India, the country's space agency said.