Chandrayaan-3 is Scheduled for Launch in August 2022

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha the schedule Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled for launch in August 2022. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled for launch in August 2022.

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Dr Jitendra Singh said, based on the learnings from Chandrayaan-2 and suggestions made by the national level experts, the realization of Chandrayaan-3 is in progress. Many related hardware and their special tests are successfully completed and the Launch is scheduled for August 2022.

The Minister informed that the number of missions planned during 2022 (Jan to Dec'22) are 19 viz., 08 Launch Vehicle Missions, 07 Spacecraft Missions and 04 Technology Demonstrator Missions.

Several ongoing missions were impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, reprioritization of projects has taken place in the back drop of Space Sector reforms and newly introduced demand driven models. The following missions were realized in last 3 years.

List of Satellites launched in last 3 years’ time frame

Satellite Name Launch Date

 

EOS-03 Aug 12, 2021
Amazonia-1 Feb 28, 2021
Satish Dhawan SAT (SDSAT) Feb 28, 2021
UNITYsat Feb 28, 2021
CMS-01 Dec 17, 2020
EOS-01 Nov 07, 2020
GSAT-30 Jan 17, 2020
RISAT-2BR1 Dec 11, 2019
Cartosat-3 Nov 27, 2019
Chandrayaan-2 Jul 22, 2019
RISAT-2B May 22, 2019
EMISAT Apr 01, 2019
GSAT-31 Feb 06, 2019
Microsat-R Jan 24, 2019
Kalamsat-V2 Jan 24, 2019
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