Chandrayaan-3 lifts off successfully, begins journey to moon

The ISRO's heavy lift LVM3 rocket successfully lifted the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Friday afternoon.

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The Indian space agency is making its second attempt to carry out a soft touchdown of a robotic lander on the surface of the moon, following the failed 2019 mission.

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The blast off for the LVM3 rocket with the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on board occurred at the precise time as planned, that is, 2:35 pm IST.

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Minutes after the satellite separated from the rocket after nearly 16 minutes of flight, ISRO chairman S Somanath said, "Chandrayaan-3 is on its way to the moon.'

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If the soft-landing succeeds, India will become the fourth country in the world--after the United States, Russia, and China--to have achieved this.

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The Chandrayaan-3 mission is spread over nearly 40 days with a possible moon rendezvous scheduled for August 23

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If everything goes well, the Chandrayaan-3 will become the world's first mission to soft-land near the lunar south pole.

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