ISRO plans to launch Chandrayaan-3 this July

S Somanath, the director general of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said on Monday that Chandrayaan-3 will launch in July of this year.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission has equipment to investigate the elemental composition close to the landing site, lunar surface plasma environment, lunar seismicity, and the thermo-physical properties of the lunar regolith.

The purpose of Chandrayaan-3 is to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and wandering on the lunar surface as a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2. It is configured as a Lander and Rover, an ISRO official informed PTI.