ISRO successfully launched Chandrayaan-3 mission from Andhra Pradesh. AP

The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft into translunar orbit on Tuesday.

“Chandrayaan-3 has completed its orbits around the earth and is heading towards the moon,” the national space agency headquartered here said.

According to an ISRO official, following Tuesday’s trans-lunar injection (TLI), the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft emerged from Earth orbit and is currently its route to the Moon’s vicinity.

In other words, the spacecraft began its voyage towards the Moon on Tuesday, after departing the Earth’s orbit following the TLI manoeuvre, which placed it on a ‘lunar transfer trajectory’.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had said that the lander would try a gentle landing on the lunar surface on August 23.

Previously, the orbit of the spacecraft was gradually expanded five times after the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon was launched on July 14.