Chandrayaan-3 to be launched on this date, know details
Chandrayaan-3: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday announced that Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
ISRO also took to its Twitter handle and said, "LVM3-M4/Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The launch is now scheduled for July 14, 2023, at 2:35 pm IST from SDSC, Sriharikota."
Announcing the launch of Chandrayaan-3:
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The launch is now scheduled for
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from SDSC, Sriharikota
Stay tuned for the updates! — ISRO (@isro) July 6, 2023
Meanwhile, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday integrated the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 with the launch vehicle-- LVM3 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
"Today, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 is mated with LVM3," tweeted ISRO.
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Today, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 is mated with LVM3. pic.twitter.com/4sUxxps5Ah — ISRO (@isro) July 5, 2023
Notably, the space agency's chairman S Somnath last month told ANI that they are planning for the launch day of its third lunar mission between July 13-19.
Earlier in October last year, the ISRO chairman said that it is likely to launch its Chandrayan-3 mission in June 2023.
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Chandrayaan-2, India's second mission to the moon, was launched on July 22, 2019, from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota. But the mission failed after the Vikram lunar lander crashed on the Moon during the early hours of September 6.
- With inputs from agencies
