LAUNCH OF INDIA’S CHANDRAYAAN-3 LUNAR LANDER, July 14, 2023, Sriharikota, India, 5:05 am EDT (livestreamed)

Update: ISRO says the launch will be livestreamed on its website, Facebook and Youtube.

Original Entry: The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander on July 14, 2023 from its launch site at Sriharikota, India.

Announcing the launch of Chandrayaan-3:

🚀LVM3-M4/Chandrayaan-3 🛰️Mission:
The launch is now scheduled for
📆July 14, 2023, at 2:35 pm IST
from SDSC, Sriharikota

Stay tuned for the updates!

— ISRO (@isro) July 6, 2023

The launch is scheduled for 2:35 pm India Standard Time, which is is 5:05 am Eastern Daylight Time.

Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 was a lunar orbiter. Chandrayaan-2 in 2019 was an orbiter and ISRO’s first lunar lander, but communications were lost with the lander just before it reached the surface.