India’s heaviest launch vehicle Mark-3 launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission from Satish Dhawan Space Center on Friday. The first orbit-raising maneuver was carried out on Saturday. The spacecraft is scheduled to reach lunar orbit on August 3.
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched the Chandrayaan-3 mission for the second time. The orbit-raising maneuver confirmed that the spacecraft was now flying at perigee just over 200 km.
The Indian space agency will perform three more Earth-bound maneuvers to escape Earth’s gravitational pull and attain the precise altitude required to launch its journey to the Moon.
