Chandrayaan-3 launch: The spacecraft will launch on a GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle.
New Delhi:
India’s third lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3, will make India the fourth country to land its spacecraft on the lunar surface, demonstrating its ability to land safely and gently on the lunar surface.
The countdown for the mission’s launch began Thursday at 2:35:17 PM IST ahead of Friday’s launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. The spacecraft will be launched on a GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle.
This will be the follow-up effort by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) after the Chandrayaan-2 mission faced challenges during the 2019 soft landing.
Here are the LIVE updates on the launch of Chandrayaan-3:
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- India’s Chandrayaan-3 will take off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 2:35pm today, with the hopes of an entire nation. A successful mission will make India the fourth country to land on the moon.
- The lunar lander Vikram will be landed on a GSLV Mark 3 heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Bahubali rocket.
- The Indian Space Research Organization is keeping its fingers crossed after its last lunar mission went awry in July 2019.
