Watch! ISRO launches third moon mission 'Chandrayaan-3' from Sriharikota

INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) LAUNCHED INDIA'S THIRD LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSION, CHANDRAYAAN-3 FROM SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE IN ANDHRA PRADESH'S SRIHARIKOTA AT 2.35 PM.

CHANDRAYAAN-3 IS ISRO'S FOLLOW-UP ATTEMPT AFTER THE IN 2019 AND WAS EVENTUALLY DEEMED TO HAVE FAILED ITS MISSION OBJECTIVES.

CHANDRAYAAN-3 IS EQUIPPED WITH A LANDER, A ROVER AND A PROPULSION MODULE.

IT WEIGHS AROUND 3,900 KILOGRAMS. THE ISRO'S THIRD LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSION IS EQUIPPED WITH EIGHT PAYLOADS.

THE EXPERIMENTS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY CHANDRAYAN 3 INCLUDE THE VIKRAM LANDER (NAMED AFTER SPACE SCIENTIST VIKRAM SARABHAI) WHICH WILL CARRY 4 INSTRUMENTS, PRAGYAN (SAANSKRIT FOR WISDOM) ROVER WILL CADDY TWO INSTRUMENTO AND DROPIII CION