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The 43m tall Launch Vehicle Mark-3 rocket blasted off at 2.35pm, spitting orange-white flames and smoke as it climbed into a blue sky

Speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, Nair said that the launch vehicle has performed extremely well and the initial conditions required for the spacecraft have been provided

Today onwards, the onboard thrusters will be fired and Chandryaan-3 will be taken away from Earth for an eventful landing on Moons surface on August 23

Currently, the spacecraft is in an orbit of 41762 km x 173 km, ISRO said in its latest update

The spacecrafts health is normal. The first orbit raising manoeuvre (Earthbound firing-1) was successfully performed at ISTRAC/ISRO, Bengaluru. Spacecraft is now in 41762kms x 173kms orbit," Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO said and shared the image of the spacecraft that is expected to make several manoeuvres ahead of its final descent to land on the south pole of the Moon.

'The launch vehicle has performed extremely well and the initial conditions required for the spacecraft have been provided very precisely'

The health of the spacecraft is normal, says space agency

India News: If all goes as per plan, Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram will touch down on the lunar surface at 5.

Chandrayaan-3, Indias third Moon mission, has an added ‘desi element to it. “Unlike Chandrayaan-2, when the landing was tracked through a Madrid (NASA-JPL) station, this time we will track the lander from our Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (Istrac) station in Bengaluru,” said a senior scientist. “As per calculations now, Vikram should land on Moon at 5. 47pm on August 23; it may change due to variations in mission profile. ”

India News: NEW DELHI: All eyes are on Isro's Chandrayaan-3, the country's ambitious lunar mission.