A rocket set off for a historic Moon mission from India's Satish Dhawan Space Station in Sriharikota today (July 14) at 09:05 GMT.

The aim of Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Research Organisation's operation, is to study a little-explored south pole on the natural satellite. If successful, the launch would make it the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon. This is India's third attempt.

Chandrayaan-3 is expected to land on the natural satellite on August 23 after a 40-day journey.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to make history by sending its lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan-3 from southern India's Andhra Pradesh.

The launch would be made from the Satish Dhawan Space Station in Sriharikota on July 14.


According to a report, if all goes as per plan, Chandrayaan-3 would land on the moon on August 23 at 5:47 pm after a 40-day journey. Should this turn out to be successful, India would become the fourth country after the United States of America (USA), Russia and China to achieve this amazing feat. It has to be remembered that this is India's third attempt at doing so. Chandrayaan-2 had failed to soft land in 2019 after which several changes were made to this third moon mission by the ISRO. Chandrayaan-3 weighs around 3,900 kgs and has a propulsion module, a lander and a rover. Its launch is one of the most-awaited events.