Lunar south polar region landing (Chandrayaan-3)
Alunizaje en la región polar sur lunar (Chandrayaan-3)
- Date
- 2023 · confidence high
- Place
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India
- Credited to
- ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), 23 August 2023
- Field
- Movement
What was discovered
India became the fourth country to land on the Moon and the first near the lunar south pole, on a budget of $75 million. It confirmed the arrival of new low-cost space powers.
What it led to
- The race for lunar south pole ice
- India's consolidation as a space power and its crewed Gaganyaan programme
- Private lunar landers (Intuitive Machines, 2024; Firefly, 2025)
Built on
- SLV-3 launcher and Rohini satellite1980
- Water and hydroxyl on the lunar surface (Chandrayaan-1)2009
- First landing on the far side of the Moon (Chang'e 4)2019
- Apollo (programme)
- Chandrayaan-1 (lunar water, 2008)
Made possible
- SLIM: pinpoint landing on the Moon (Japan)19 de enero de 2024
- Gaganyaan
- commercial Moon landers