The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday conducted a full ‘launch rehearsal’ of the Chandrayaan 3 mission.
The heavy-lift Launch Vehicle Mark-III carrying Chandrayaan-3 will take off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 14.
It will put the spacecraft in a geostationary transfer orbit 179 km above the Earth after a 16-minute flight.
The journey will consist of three phases — Earth-bound manoeuvre, lunar transfer and moon-centric phase
The touchdown on the moon by the lander is expected on August 23-24.