ENA Sectors 2023-07-14 17:34:10 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, July 14 (KNN)</strong> The Chandrayaan-3 mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Friday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The mission follows Chandrayaan-2 where scientists aim to demonstrate various capabilities including reaching the orbit of the moon, making a soft-landing on the lunar surface using a lander, and a rover coming out of the lander to study the surface of the moon.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Sixteen minutes after lift-off, propulsion module successfully separated from the rocket and would orbit the earth for about 5-6 times in an elliptical cycle with 170 km closest and 36,500 km farthest from earth moving towards the lunar orbit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">After the successful separation of Chandrayaan 3 from LVM, Dr Jitendra Singh congratulated ISRO's team and said that Chandrayaan-3 has gone beyond sky limits to discover unexplored horizons of universe. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The rover will embark on a journey lasting slightly over a month before landing on the Moon's surface later in August, around 23rd of that month. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">A successful landing would make India the fourth country &mdash; after the United States, the Soviet Union, and China &mdash; to achieve the feat. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 34089 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/isro-successfully-lifts-off-chandrayaan-3 2023-07-14 17:34:10 knnindia.co.in