Chandrayaan-3 to be launched during last of 2022

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NEW DELHI, July 28 2021: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh said that Chandrayaan-3 is likely to be launched during third quarter of 2022 assuming normal work flow henceforth.  

In a written reply to a question in the Lok sabha Wednesday he said, realization of Chandrayaan-3 is in progress.

The realization of Chandrayaan-3 involves various processes including finalization of configuration, subsystems realization, integration; spacecraft level detailed testing and a number of special tests to evaluate the system performance on earth.

The realization progress was hampered due to Covid-19 pandemic. However, all works that were possible in work from home mode were taken up even during lockdown periods. Chandrayaan-3 realization resumed after commencement of unlock period and is in a matured stage of realization.