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Chandrayaan Programme

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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 Type
Lunar exploration program 1
Launch Date
2008-10-22 1
The program was announced in 2003; its first mission, Chandrayaan-1, launched 22 October 2008.
Outcome
Ongoing; Chandrayaan-3 achieved India's first lunar soft landing and the first landing near the lunar south pole, in August 2023. 1
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ISRO, Space Agencies and Companies
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The Chandrayaan programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by ISRO for the exploration of the Moon.
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Wikimedia FoundationChandrayaan programme, Chandrayaan-3 section
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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.
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