India‘s formidable moon mission Chandrayaan-3, the follow-up to the second lunar mission, is all set for a scheduled launch on Friday at 2.35 pm. Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is aiming for a tender touchdown of the Chandrayaan 3 mission on the floor of the moon by late August and a profitable touchdown would make India solely the fourth nation to realize the feat after the United States, China and erstwhile USSR.

The 25.30 hour countdown for the lift-off commenced at 1.05 pm on Thursday and was ‘progressing’ for the scheduled launch.

“LVM3 M4/Chandrayaan-3 Mission: The countdown is progressing at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.”, Isro mentioned, in an replace in regards to the mission on Friday.

Chandrayaan-3 mission consisting of a lander and rover configuration might be launched by the LVM3 launcher, previously the GSLVMkIII rocket, from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover configuration until the 100 km lunar orbit. The mission goal of Chandrayaan 3 is to show secure and tender Landing on the lunar floor, show rover roving on the moon and conduct in-situ scientific experiments.

Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar exploration mission within the fourth operational mission (M4) of LVM3 launcher, previously the GSLVMkIII rocket.

The launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission might be streamed dwell by Isro.

Watch Chandrayaan-3 launch LIVE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned on Friday that the Chandrayaan-3 mission will carry the hopes and desires of our nation, lauding Indian scientists hours earlier than the launch of India’s third lunar mission.

Modi tweeted, “14th July 2023 will always be etched in golden letters as far as India’s space sector is concerned. Chandrayaan-3, our third lunar mission, will embark on its journey.”

He famous that Chandrayaan-3 might be inserted into the lunar switch trajectory after the orbit elevating manoeuvres.