Countdown begins for Chandrayaan-3
The mission consists of an indigenous propulsion module, lander module and a rover with an objective of developing and demonstrating new technologies required for inter-planetary missions
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Sriharikota (AP) The 25:30 hour countdown for the launch of India’s third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 commenced on Thursday at the spaceport here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
Friday’s lunar expedition follows the 2019 Chandrayaan-2 mission where space scientists are aiming for a soft landing on the surface of the moon. A successful mission would see India enter an elite club of nations achieving such a feat, the others being the United States, China and the former Soviet Union.
“LVM3M4-Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The countdown leading to the launch tomorrow (Friday- July 14) at 14:35 hrs has commenced,” ISRO said in a social media post.
Through the Chandryaan-3 programme, ISRO is crossing new frontiers by demonstrating soft-landing on the Lunar surface by its Lunar module and demonstrating roving on the Lunar terrain, the space agency said.
