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Four launch pads by 2029, a Gaganyaan test in two months: ISRO lays out its next three years
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said on Sunday that India plans four functional launch pads by 2029 and a 2,000-acre Small Satellite Launch Vehicle complex at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu. The first uncrewed Gaganyaan test is planned within two months, to be followed by two more, and Chandrayaan-5 will be a joint lunar mission with Japan carrying a 350-kg rover.
Next-gen heavy lift vehicle, Chandrayaan 4 and 5: ISRO's plan at ESTIC 2026
ISRO will display a proposed next-generation heavy lift launch vehicle capable of placing over 30,000 kg in low Earth orbit, along with the Chandrayaan 4 and 5 projects, at ESTIC 2026 in New Delhi from October 27 to 29, chairman V. Narayanan said.