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Chandrayaan Programme

Robotic Lunar Exploration Missions

An ongoing series of Indian lunar exploration missions conducted by ISRO, announced in 2003. Its third mission, Chandrayaan-3, achieved the first soft landing near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023, making India the fourth country to land softly on the Moon.

Facts
Mission Type
Lunar exploration program 2
Launch Date
2008-10-22 2
The program was announced in 2003; its first mission, Chandrayaan-1, launched 22 October 2008.
Outcome
Ongoing; Chandrayaan-3 achieved India's first lunar soft landing and the first landing near the lunar south pole, in August 2023. 2
Mission Type
Mission Type (category)
Robotic / Uncrewed Mission 1
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ISRO, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Chandrayaan programme (Wikipedia)Chandrayaan programme, lead section
Sources
1. Chandrayaan programme (Wikipedia)
  • Chandrayaan programme, missions section
  • Lead: kind of mission
    The program incorporates a lunar orbiter, an impactor, a lunar lander and a rover spacecraft
  • Operated By: ISRO, Chandrayaan programme, lead section
  • In Group: Chandrayaan Lunar Missions, Lead sentence
    The Chandrayaan programme ( CHUN-drə-YAHN) (Sanskrit: Candra 'Moon', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle', ) is an ongoing series of outer space missions by ISRO for the exploration of the Moon.
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Chandrayaan programme, lead section
    The Chandrayaan programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by ISRO for the exploration of the Moon.
  • Chandrayaan programme, Chandrayaan-3 section
    the lander Vikram successfully soft landed in the lunar south pole region, achieving humanity's first soft landing in the region and making India the fourth country to soft land on the Moon.
  • Includes: Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan programme
    Chandrayaan-1 was successfully launched aboard the PSLV rocket.
  • Includes: Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan programme
    Chandrayaan-2 was finally launched on LVM3
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Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)
Includes: Chandrayaan-3, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Chandrayaan-3, Lead section
A follow-up landing mission, Chandrayaan-3, was launched in 2023 and successfully performed a lunar landing.
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