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Chandrayaan-3 launch on July 14, lunar landing on August 23 or 24

India’s much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, at 2.35 p.m., from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Thursday.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the G-20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting, ISRO Chairman S. Somnath also said that the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft will be launched by the Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) and the launch window is between July 12 and 19.

Chandrayaan-3 is India’s third moon mission, and is a follow-up to Chandrayaan-2, to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface.

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