New Delhi (EFE).- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched this Friday its ambitious mission to explore the south pole of the Moon, Chandrayaan-3, a probe that is expected to land on the satellite between 23 and on August 24, after the failed moon landing four years ago.
As planned, the launch with the Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) rocket took place at 2:35 p.m. (9:05 a.m. GMT) today from the center of Sriharikota in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, as shown live during the account. behind the ISRO.
“Chandrayaan-3 has begun its journey to the Moon. Our LVM3 has already put the Chandrayaan-3 probe into its precise orbit on Earth,” said a smiling ISRO chief, Sreedhara Panicker Somanath, from the control center.