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Chandrayaan-3 Mission Countdown Begins; Team Of Scientists Visit Tirupati Temple To Offer Prayers

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the Chandrayaan-3 by LVM3 rocket at 2:35 pm tomorrow from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The countdown for the launch will begin today at 1:05 pm

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Chandrayaan-3, successor to Chandrayaan-1 and -2, is set to be launched on July 14 (Friday)
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The 26-hour countdown for the launch of Chandrayaan 3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, has commenced from 1:05 pm today. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the Chandrayaan-3 by LVM3 rocket at 2:35 pm tomorrow from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. 

The ISRO has already undertaken a 24-hour 'launch rehearsal' simulating the entire launch preparation and process for the mission. The soft landing on moon's surface is planned for late August. The third mission follows the failure of the second mission to achieve the desired soft landing on the moon surface in 2019, leaving the ISRO team dejected. Images of an emotional then ISRO chief K Sivan being consoled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone viral.