New Delhi: Chandrayaan-3 that is scheduled to be launched on July 14 from Sriharikota, will make India the fourth country to land its Spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.

Stating this here today in an exclusive interview to a news agency, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent USA visit was marked by significant Space related agreements indicating that the countries which had started their Space journey long before India are today looking up to India as an equal collaborator.

After such a quantum rise in our Space expertise under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, India can no longer wait to be left behind in its march to the Moon, the Minister said.

Jitendra Singh said that Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission of Chandrayaan-2 and is aimed to demonstrate India’s capability in soft landing and roving on the surface of the Moon or the Lunar surface.

The complex mission profile, he said, required for the Spacecraft to enter the Moon’s orbit has been executed very precisely.

After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the Moon, the rover, which has six wheels, will come out and is expected to work for 14 days on the Moon. With the support of multiple cameras on the rover, we will be able to receive images, he said.