Chandrayaan-5 / LUPEX is a mission record in the MoonOpps lunar catalog (2026–2035), tracked for 2028 (No earlier than 2028). Status: Approved / technical interface work underway. Class: Robotic lander + rover. Source confidence is High — corroborated by clear official or primary sources. The record links 11 actors, 12 payloads, 1 region, and 2 cited sources. Tracked actors include Indian Space Research Organisation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and others. Payloads include ADORE, ALIS, EMS-L, and more. Target region: Lunar South Pole near permanently shadowed regions. Catalog figures come from public sources, not predictions or live scraping, accessed through 2026-06-09.

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2028 / No earlier than 2028

Chandrayaan-5 / LUPEX

High

Notes

JAXA page gives NET 2028 launch year, H3 launch vehicle, 350 kg rover, and up to one-year surface mission duration.

Actors by role

Payloads by type

instrument

ADORE

ADORE

ALIS

ALIS

EMS-L

EMS-L

GPR

GPR

instruments from ISRO/JAXA/ESA/NASA

instruments from ISRO/JAXA/ESA/NASA

ISAP

ISAP

LTGA

LTGA

MIR

MIR

NS

NS

PRATHIMA

PRATHIMA

REIWA

REIWA

TRITON

TRITON

Regions

Sources

Publisher

ISRO

Source date

2025-05-15

Accessed

2026-06-09

Updated

Not specified

Publisher

JAXA

Source date

Not specified

Accessed

2026-06-09

Updated

Not specified