Photo-ISRONEW DELHI, July 14, 2023 (BSS) - India today successfully launched its third lunar exploration mission--Chandrayaan-3-- from the Satish Dhawan SpaceCentre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. With the success of the mission, Chandrayaan-3 will make India the fourth country after US, Russia and China to land its spacecraft on the surface ofthe moon and demonstrate the country's ability for safe and soft landing of lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 will journey for over a month before landing on the lunar surface later in August. The spacecraft consists of a six-wheeled lander and rover module, which is configured with payloads to provide data related to the moon's surface. Chandrayaan-3, our third lunar mission, willembark on its journey.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha July 14, 2023 10:39 UTC