JE News Desk:  The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO on Wednesday announced that the launch date for its highly anticipated lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3 has been set for July. ISRO chief S Somnath today said, "Currently the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft is fully integrated. We have completed the testing...Currently, the window of opportunity for launch is between 12-19th July...We will announce the exact date after all the tests are completed..."

According to space agency officials, the lunar spacecraft will be launched on July at 2:30 pm local time, reported news agency PTI. 

Chandrayaan-3 will be launched by the Launch Vehicle Mark-III from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and this is scheduled for July 13 at 2:30 pm, according to the officials.

This is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. It has a lander and Rover configuration.

According to the officials, the propulsion module will carry the lander and rover configuration till 100 km lunar orbit. It has a Spectro-Polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth payload to study the spectral and polarimetric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit.

ISRO identified 3 main objectives of the mission which are: to achieve a safe and soft landing on the Moon, demonstrate the rover's loitering capabilities on the lunar surface, and conduct in-situ scientific observations.

The mission is aimed to explore the chemical and natural elements, soil, and water available on the lunar surface to improve understanding of the Moon's composition.

Earlier this month, ISRO Chief Somanath on the Chandrayaan-3 launch said that LVM-3 is going to be used for this launch. He said said in order to prevent any problems during the upcoming launch, corrections have been made in Chandrayaan-3, in its hardware, structure, computers, software, and sensors.

More fuel has been added, the landing legs have been strengthened further. Big solar panels have been fixed for more energy production. Another additional sensor is also added.

"To measure its speed, a 'Laser Doppler VelociMeter' instrument, which was developed in the last year, has been added. We have also changed its algorithm and new software has been added to help Chandrayaan to land in another area if there is any failure at the scheduled spot," the ISRO chief said.