Bengaluru, June 8 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning for a mid-July launch of Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, its chairman S Somnath said at a press conference here on Thursday.
He was in the city for SMOPS-2023 International Conference on Spacecraft Mission Operations.
"Mission Chandrayaan-3 is nearing its launch. We have already moved the Chandrayaan-3 satellite from UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru to Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The initial operations of checking the satellites are going on now," he told reporters.
He also said the launch vehicle for the mission, LVM 3, has also reached the launch port.
"The rocket will be fully ready and we will be assembling Chandrayaan 3 to the rocket in the beginning of July", he said.
Somnath said ISRO has added more fuel to the lander along with new equipment and also strengthened it.
He said the first abort mission may happen in August and another one later this year followed by an unmanned mission, possibly by the beginning of next year. UNI BDN SSP