<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled for launch in August this year. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Dr Singh said that based on the learnings from Chandrayaan-2 and suggestions made by the national level experts, the realization of Chandrayaan-3 is in progress. He said, much-related hardware and their special tests are successfully completed and its launch is scheduled for August 2022.<br />''<br />''The Minister informed that the number of missions planned during 2022 is 19. They include eight  Launch Vehicle Missions, seven Spacecraft Missions, and four Technology Demonstrator Missions.Dr Singh also informed that several ongoing missions were impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and also, reprioritization of projects has taken place in the backdrop of Space Sector reforms and newly introduced demand-driven models.</span><br />