New Delhi: Chandrayaan-3 is likely to be launched during third quarter of 2022 assuming normal work flow henceforth, Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. He said, realization of Chandrayaan-3 was in progress.
The realization of Chandrayaan-3 involves various process 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 matured stage of realization, the Minister said.
– global bihari bureau