The Union Cabinet has approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission, the development of an Indian space station, and a Venus mission. This comes after the success of Chandrayaan-3. The government has allocated a budget and set timelines for these ambitious projects aimed at lunar exploration, planetary study, and advancing India’s human spaceflight capabilities.
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- Rs 2,104 crore allocated for Chandrayaan-4, to be completed in 36 months.
- Mission includes two spacecraft stacks for sample collection and return.
- Uses upgraded LVM3 rockets for launching separate spacecraft stacks.
- Chandrayaan-4 aims to collect lunar samples and return them to Earth.
- Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM) to be completed by March 2028.
- Rs 1,236 crore allocated for VOM; aims to study Venus’s surface, subsurface, and atmosphere.
- Construction of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (Indian Space Station) approved.
- Eight human spaceflight missions included in the space station program.
- Rs 11,170 crore in additional funding approved for the Gaganyaan program, totaling Rs 20,193 crore.
- First module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station expected by December 2028.
