<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday announced the integration of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with the Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3). The national space agency is eyeing a July 12-19 launch window for the lunar mission.</p>.<p>Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to 2019’s Chandrayaan-2 which saw an unsuccessful landing attempt. “Today, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 is mated with LVM3,” ISRO tweeted on Wednesday.</p>.<p>LVM3 is set to launch from SDSC, Sriharikota, the spacecraft which comes in a lander-rover configuration. The propulsion module is designed to carry the configuration till 100 km lunar orbit.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/the-surprising-striver-in-the-world-s-space-business-1234093.html" target="_blank">The surprising striver in the world’s space business</a></strong></p>.<p>The mission aims to demonstrate safe and soft landing of the spacecraft on the lunar surface, to demonstrate the rover’s movement on the moon and conduct in-situ scientific experiments with payloads on the lander and the rover.</p>.<p>The lander will have the capability to soft-land at a specified lunar site and deploy the rover which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface, ISRO said.</p>
<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday announced the integration of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft with the Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3). The national space agency is eyeing a July 12-19 launch window for the lunar mission.</p>.<p>Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to 2019’s Chandrayaan-2 which saw an unsuccessful landing attempt. “Today, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, the encapsulated assembly containing Chandrayaan-3 is mated with LVM3,” ISRO tweeted on Wednesday.</p>.<p>LVM3 is set to launch from SDSC, Sriharikota, the spacecraft which comes in a lander-rover configuration. The propulsion module is designed to carry the configuration till 100 km lunar orbit.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/the-surprising-striver-in-the-world-s-space-business-1234093.html" target="_blank">The surprising striver in the world’s space business</a></strong></p>.<p>The mission aims to demonstrate safe and soft landing of the spacecraft on the lunar surface, to demonstrate the rover’s movement on the moon and conduct in-situ scientific experiments with payloads on the lander and the rover.</p>.<p>The lander will have the capability to soft-land at a specified lunar site and deploy the rover which will carry out in-situ chemical analysis of the lunar surface, ISRO said.</p>