Chandrayaan-3
Mission overview
Chandrayaan-3 achieved the first soft landing near the Moon's south pole, making India the fourth nation to land on the Moon.
Mission data
Identity and engineering data from Wikidata (type-verified match · Q65049774) · launch date 2023-07-14 confirmed
| Operator | Indian Space Research Organisation | Wikidata · catalogued |
| Launch mass | 3,900 kg | Wikidata · catalogued |
Full field-level provenance
- Operator: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P137 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
- Launch mass: Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) — community-curated structured knowledge base · Wikidata · wdt · P2067 · catalogued value · retrieved 2026-07-11
Sourced from Wikidata (community-maintained structured data, whose statements link to their own citations where provided); each value carries its Wikidata QID. A field with conflicting Wikidata values is omitted. Launch date is used only to cross-check the catalogue, never to override it. Fields Wikidata did not provide, or where conflicting values exist, are omitted, never invented.
Outcome & discoveries
Landed the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, which studied the south-polar regolith.
Mission profile
Knowledge connections
- Operated byISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
- Part of programChandrayaan program
- Launched fromSatish Dhawan Space Centre
- Mission targetThe Moon
- Tracked byIndian Deep Space Network
- Associated withChandrayaan-3 Lands Near the Lunar South Pole
Related missions
| Mission | Type | Agency | Launch | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrayaan-1The Moon | Orbiter | ISRO | 2008-10-22 | Completed |
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
Indian missions (Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan) and launch vehicles.