New Delhi: The launching date of India’s third Lunar Exploration Mission Chandrayaan-3 was revealed. Minister of State, Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh announced this in the Lok Sabha as a reply to a question.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the Chandrayaan-3 in August 2022. ISRO has already completed several related hardware and their special tests. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2 and is meant to demonstrate Lunar landing and Roving capability.
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India has planned up to 19 missions for the calendar year 2022.These include 8 launch vehicle missions, 7 spacecraft (satellite) missions, and 4 technology demonstration missions.
Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008 and the Chandrayaan-2 in 2019. While the 2008 mission was a success, the 2019 mission Chandrayaan-2 failed to land successfully on the lunar surface.
@isro #Chandrayaan3 India's third lunar mission to be launched in August 2022, Govt reveals
Lunar spacecraft will be launched on-board GSLV Mk 3, India's heaviest operational rocket , will have lander & rover carried on propulsion module #ISRO #India #space #moon #moonshot pic.twitter.com/RqeHquNuEj
— Sidharth.M.P (@sdhrthmp) February 3, 2022
Around the year 2024-25, India and Japan are expected to launch a joint lunar mission named as ‘LUPEX’ or Lunar Polar Exploration Mission.
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