Chandrayaan-3 to be launched on July 14 from Sriharikota: ISRO

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• Jul 6, 2023 | Dhupali Das

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that the Chandrayaan-3 mission will...

Digital Desk: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that the Chandrayaan-3 mission will launch to the Moon on July 14.

The spacecraft will launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2:35 p.m., Isro announced after transporting the spacecraft encapsulated abroad the rocket to the launchpad.

Isro earlier stated that the mission would launch on July 13, but that date has not been revised.

Isro chief S Somnath stated that the launch window will remain open until July 19, and that if the launch does not take place on the scheduled date, it may be postponed to the 19th. Somnath has expressed optimism that the mission will soft-land on the moon this time.

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Chandrayaan-3 is the third installment in the Chandrayaan series and India's second attempt at a soft landing on the Moon's surface. Only three nations have been able to successfully land a spacecraft on the airless lunar world till now. 

The spacecraft, which is equipped with a lander and a rover, will travel to the Moon for nearly two months. It will initially be launched into lunar orbit before initiating the landing approach.

The Indian space agency has confirmed that the lander is capable of soft landing and deploying the rover to a chosen lunar spot. The rover will then undertake in-situ chemical analyses of the lunar surface during its movement.