Moon mission: LVM3-M4 rocket carrying Chandrayaan-3 lifts off from Sriharikota

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Chandrayaan-3, the successor to Chandrayaan-2, is scheduled to launch on Friday, 14 July 2023. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Moon mission focuses to put a lander and a rover on the Moon's highlands.

The new mission aims to demonstrate India’s capability to safely land and explore the lunar surface. The spacecraft is expected to reach the moon’s South Pole and operate for one lunar day, approximately 14 Earth days.

The much anticipated Chandrayaan-3 mission is set to launch at 2.35 pm today onboard a Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) from the spaceport of Sriharikota.

This moon mission is a follow-up one after the crash-landing of Chandrayaan-2 in September 2019 due to a software glitch.

The new mission aims to demonstrate India’s capability to safely land and explore the lunar surface. The spacecraft is expected to reach the moon’s South Pole and operate for one lunar day, approximately 14 Earth days.

The trajectory will follow a similar path as Chandrayaan-2, with the propulsion module orbiting the Earth several times before heading towards the moon. Once within the moon’s gravitational pull, the module will adjust its orbit to a circular path of about 100 x 100 km. Subsequently, the lander will separate and descend to the lunar surface.

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