ISRO's Tryst with the Moon Beckons: Chandrayaan-3 Mission - Live Update

Chandrayaan-3 has lifted off from Sriharikota. This is ISRO's third lunar mission and a quantum leap in space.

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SOURCE: ISRO

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@ISROSpaceflight reports on Twitter that the launch marked a 100% success rate of the LVM3 class rocket.

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The Chandrayaan-3 soft landing is planned for 5.47 p.m. on August 23, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said after the successful launch of the mission on Friday..

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President Droupadi Murmu congratulates the ISRO team on the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3.

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NASA congratulates ISRO after the launch of Chandrayaan 3.

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– ISRO has taken corrective measures after the failed bid to soft-land on the Moon nearly four years ago, and is expecting a successful touch down on the lunar surface with Chandrayaan-3, its former Chairman K Sivan said on Friday.

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SOURCE: ISRO

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