Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled for launch in August 2022
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 today said that Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled for launch in August 2022.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Dr 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 backdrop of Space Sector reforms and newly introduced demand-driven models. The following missions were realized in the 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 |
Disclaimer : This is an official press release by PIB.
