New Delhi 06-12-2024
Government of Indian has approved Chandrayaan-4 mission, which will have the capability of landing on Moon and safe return to earth including technologies for sample collection. Going further Chandrayaan-5/ LuPEX mission is being planned to demonstrate the higher capacity lander, which is an important element for future landing missions including human landing.
A series of Chandrayaan missions are planned to build capability towards achieving the goal of Indian landing on Moon by 2040.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, Minister of State for Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Loksabha on 5 December, 2024.
Chandrayaan-3 (LVM3-M4) successfully launched the Chandrayaan-3 Spacecraft on 14th July, 2023. Safe & soft-landing of Vikram Lander at ‘Shiv Shakti’ point (Station Shiv Shakti) & deployment of Pragyaan Rover on the lunar surface was also successfully accomplished on August 23, 2023.
Counting the success stories the written answer says Aditya-L1 was successfully launched in Sep-2023 using PSLV-C57. Spacecraft placing at Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1) i.e. Halo-Orbit Insertion (HOI) was successfully accomplished on January 6, 2024.
The third developmental flight of SSLV is successful. The SSLV-D3 placed EOS-08 precisely into the orbit in August 2024 and GSAT-N2 was successfully accomplished in November 2024.
The Loksabha written reply says, ‘Continuous efforts are made for cost effectiveness of the missions through standardisation, indigenisation, utilization of state of the art technologies and integration of multiple functionalities.
While International Space Organisations have congratulated India for Chandrayaan-3 success, no specific request was made for the transfer of technology and future space cooperation.
