ISRO Chandrayaan-3 Mission To Launch In August 2022, Aiming For Moon's South Pole
India's upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission to land on the Moon has a launch date for this year. According to Department of Space, the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch Chandrayaan-3 in August 2022 - about two years after the Chandrayaan-2 was launched and suffered a fatal fate on the surface of Moon.
Chandrayaan-3 to launch in August 2022
The projected timeline was revealed by the Department of Space in the Lok Sabha with growing interest in a mission to the Moon. In classic ISRO fashion, the agency is always a step ahead. Turns out, the required tests to facilitate a successful launch have been completed and slated for an August 2022 launch to land on the Moon's south pole.
Referring to the delay faced by ISRO's Moon mission, India's Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has contributed to delays, causing a "reprioritisation of projects" given the reforms in space sector and the "newly introduced demand-driven models."
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The first Chandrayaan mission was launched in 2008 and made startling discoveries about the Moon, including evidence of water on the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan-2 failed after its lander and rover crashed on the far side of the Moon. Even then, the orbiter is still intact and hovering above the lunar surface. It appears that ISRO will use the orbiter for Chandrayaan-3, two years after the Chandrayaan-2 mission.??
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