Old Video of Rocket Launch in Florida Falsely Shared as Visuals of Chandrayaan-3

This video is from 2021 and from Florida, it is unrelated to the ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 launch.

Fact-check: An old video from Florida is going viral as a recent video from India showing the launch of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video shot from inside a flight showing a rocket soaring into the sky is going viral to claim that it was shot recently and shows the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3, as seen from a flight.

More about ISRO's lunar exploration mission: Chandrayaan-3 marks India's third lunar exploration mission which successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on Friday, 14 July.

• The whole process from launch to touchdown on the Moon is expected to take around 40 days.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

Where's the video actually from?: The video dates back to 2021 and is from Florida, USA.

• It shows the launch of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) rocket and is unrelated to ISRO's launch.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video and came across an article shared by SPACE on 16 June 2021.

• The report carried similar visuals as seen in the viral video's longer version and stated that it shows the United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V rocket launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 18 May 2021.

• The rocket carried the SBIRS Geo Flight 5 missile-warning satellite for the US Space Force.

• It also stated that this video was recorded from the flight flying to Cancun, Mexico, from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

The video dates back to 2021.

(Source: SPACE/Screenshot)

• Several other media outlets like WTSP and Born In Space also shared this video showing Atlas V rocket launch.

We matched the coastlines: Taking a cue from the report, we looked for Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Google Maps and noticed the similarities in the coastlines.

The location is in Florida, USA.

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

Conclusion: An old video from Florida is going viral as a recent video from India showing the launch of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3.

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