 "Isro's Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) M4 rocket carrying 'Chandrayaan-3' lifts off from the launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Friday. Photo: PTI")
On Friday, all roads led to Sriharikota, a spindle-shaped island off the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro’s) launchpad. Thousands flocked to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre — the country’s only spaceport — to witness the momentous launch of the Chandrayaan III.
At the venue, hundreds of scientists stationed at the mission control centre, roughly 13,000 spectators in the viewer’s gallery braving the scorching heat, and 250-odd mediapersons anxiously awaited the lift-off.
Isro’s Chandrayaan III mission successfully lifted off at 1435 hours on Friday. The spacecraft’s 384,400-kilometre journey to the Moon will conclude
