India's Chandrayaan-3 Robotic Moon Lander Mission: Prepared for Launch | ISRO

India's Chandrayaan-3 Robotic Moon Lander Mission: Prepared for Launch | ISRO

 

Chandrayaan-3, which means “moon vehicle” in Sanskrit, is expected to take off aboard a Launch Vehicle Mark III rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in southern Andhra Pradesh state at 2:30 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) on July 14, 2023.

After reaching the Moon, the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander is planned to touchdown about 70.9 degrees south of the lunar equator. Chandrayaan-3 is India's effort to become the fourth country, after the United States, Russia and China, to successfully soft-land on the Moon.

Image Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Image Release Dates: July 5-11, 2023

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