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.
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Mission TypeLunar exploration program 2 Launch DateThe program was announced in 2003; its first mission, Chandrayaan-1, launched 22 October 2008. OutcomeOngoing; 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 Connections
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1. Chandrayaan programme (Wikipedia)
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The program incorporates a lunar orbiter, an impactor, a lunar lander and a rover spacecraft
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series of outer space missions by ISRO for the exploration of the Moon
Lead paragraph, outcome
While the two orbiters were successful, the first lander and rover which were part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, crashed on the surface
- Chandrayaan programme, missions section
Lead section
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.
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.
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
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
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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Wikimedia Foundation- Mission Type: Lunar exploration program
- Launch Date: 2008-10-22
- Outcome: Ongoing; Chandrayaan-3 achieved India's first lunar soft landing and the first landing near the lunar south pole, in August 2023.
Chandrayaan-2 (Wikipedia)
Includes: Chandrayaan-3, Lead sectionQuote, 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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