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Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in 2021 sans orbiter, images suggest Moon rusting along poles – India Today
Unlike its predecessor, Chandrayaan-3 will only have a lander and a rover but not an orbiter. At the same time, ISRO is also preparing for its first ever human space mission Gaganyaan.
Chandrayaan-3 is likely to be launched in early 2021 instead of the second half of 2020 as suggested by the government. Union Minister Jitendra Singh made the announcement on Sunday while adding that India’s mission to Moon will include a rover and a lander but not an orbiter like its predecessor.
Following the hard landing of Chandrayaan-2 in September of last year, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had mentioned its plans of launching another mission to the moon by the end of 2020…
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