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Chandrayaan-3 took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 2:35 this afternoon. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) mission follows the Chandrayaan 2 mission that was aimed to demonstrate various capabilities like reaching the orbit of the moon, making soft-landing on the lunar surface using a lander, studying the surface of moon using a rover. Scientists say that 16 minutes after the lift-off, the propulsion module will be separated from the rocket and will 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. You can livestream the launch on Youtube at various channels.
