Chandrayaan-3 mission to be launched on July 14

Sriharikota, 6/7: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch Chandrayaan-3 on July 14, from Sriharikota.

The national space agency on Thursday announced a 2.35-pm launch for the lunar mission, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. ISRO Chairman S Somanath had earlier said that the launch was being planned during a July 12-19 window.

 

Earlier on Thursday, the Launch Vehicle Mark III (LVM3), which will launch the spacecraft, was moved to the launchpad at SDSC. ISRO said it marked the commencement of the “final stage of preparation” for the launch. The spacecraft was integrated with the launch vehicle on Wednesday.

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