{"id":1469,"date":"2023-11-20T02:57:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T02:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2023-11-20T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T03:17:15","slug":"about-chandrayaan-4-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/about-chandrayaan-4-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"About Chandrayaan 4 Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chandrayaan 4 Mission<\/strong>: After the success of Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Organization (ISRO) is gearing up for the next launch of Lunar mission called Chandrayaan 4\/LUPEX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As India has already soft landed its lander and rover on moon&#8217;s south pole, now further target of Chandrayaan-4\/LUPEX is expected to bring rock and soil samples from the moon surface to Earth for various explorations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is LUPEX and it&#8217;s full form<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LUPEX stands for <strong>Lunar Polar Exploration<\/strong> Mission. It is also referred to as ISRO\u2019s Lunar Sample Return Mission (LSRM). As ISRO is planning to further explore the surface of moon on the South pole first the first time, the name carries LUPEX for Chandrayaan 4. Earlier missions were focused on landing moon&#8217;s surface and as soft landing on moon&#8217;s south pole which was already done as part of third mission, now LUPEX would be a step ahead exploration for ISRO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_78 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/about-chandrayaan-4-mission\/#About_Chandrayaan_4\" >About Chandrayaan 4<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/about-chandrayaan-4-mission\/#When_will_ISRO_launch_Chandrayaan_4\" >When will ISRO launch Chandrayaan 4<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_Chandrayaan_4\"><\/span>About Chandrayaan 4<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we all knew the lander of Chandrayaan-3 landed on the South Pole of the Moon at about 70 degrees south latitude. Chandrayaan-4\/Lupex will land the lander at 90 degree south latitude. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chandrayaan 4 consists of a rover weighing 350 kg (As against Chandrayaan-3 Rover which weighs 30 kg). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It orbits the moon for a kilometer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chandrayaan-4 has a mission life of 100 days, while Chandrayaan-3 operated for 14 days. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chandrayaan 4&#8217;s rover&#8217;s instruments will collect rocks and soil samples on the moon and bring them back to Earth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chandrayaan 4 will have two carriers for this project. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231120_0837385662286261561034796-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231120_0837385662286261561034796-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231120_0837385662286261561034796-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231120_0837385662286261561034796-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231120_0837385662286261561034796.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chandrayaan 3 image , Chandrayaan 4 to be much bigger in weight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_will_ISRO_launch_Chandrayaan_4\"><\/span>When will ISRO launch Chandrayaan 4<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned by the Director of ISRO&#8217;s Space Application Center, Neelesh M Desai, It will take another five to ten years to complete this project. He also mentioned that ISRO is working with the Japan Space Agency for this crucial mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So reportedly we can expect Chandrayaan-4 to be launched somewhere between 2028 to 2033 as we have other critical projects in progress at ISRO which includes prestigious Gaganyaan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandrayaan 4 Mission: After the success of Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Organization (ISRO) is gearing up for the next launch of Lunar mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-isro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1475,"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions\/1475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}