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LVM-3: Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 is India's third mission to the Moon. It repeats most of the failed Chandrayaan-2 mission, with only a lander and rover. After a controlled descent, the lander will perform a soft landing on the lunar surface at a specified site and deploy the rover. The six-wheeled rover weighs around 20 kg and will operate on solar power. It will move around the landing site, performing lunar surface chemical analysis and relaying data back to Earth through the orbiter. The lander will be collecting data on Moon-quakes, thermal properties of the lunar surface, the density and variation of lunar surface plasma. Altogether, the Chandrayaan-3 mission will collect scientific information on lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, lunar exosphere and signatures of hydroxyl and water-ice.

Friday, 14 July 202309:05 UTC
LVM-3: Chandrayaan-3

Mission Data

Indian Space Research Organization
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndian Space Research OrganizationEst. 1969
Launch VehicleLaunch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Vehicle FamilyGSLV
Vehicle Record9 of 9 launches (100%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record86 successes / 15 failures (85%)
Success Streak2 consecutive
Mission TypeLunar Exploration
Target OrbitLunar Orbit
Launch PadSatish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
Location๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India IND
Orbital Launches This Year#104
Agency Launches This Year#5
Launches From This Pad34
Launches From This Site106
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III)

The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is designed to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, and is intended as a launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme.

Launch updates

  1. Launch success confirmed

  2. Liftoff

  3. Livestream has started

  4. Added T-0 seconds.

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  5. GO for launch.

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  6. Delayed to July 14 per NOTAM A1845/23

  7. Updated T-0.

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  8. NET July 13, per NOTAM A1766/23

  9. Added launch window.

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  10. NET July 12

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Launch Site

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad ยท 13.7199ยฐN 80.2304ยฐE

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.