Difference Between Gaganyaan and Chandrayaan:The difference between the gaganyaan and chandrayaan are now a question for various job exams like upsc as it is trending nowadays. Also ISRO is working on both the gaganyaan and chandrayaan-3 spacecraft module after getting success on chandrayaan-2.
Differences
| Gaganyaan | Chandrayaan |
|---|---|
| 1. Announced by PM of India Narendra Modi on 15th August 2018. | 1. Announced by PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 15th August 2003. |
| 2. Supposed to be launched by 2022. | 2. chandrayaan1 was launched by ISRO on 22 October 2008, chandrayaan2 was launched by ISRO on 22 july 2019 and chandrayaan3 supposed to launched on 2022. |
| 3. GSLV Mk-III will be used for the mission. | 3. PSLV-XL C11 was used for the lifting of chandrayaan-1 whereas GSLV Mk-III launcher was used to lift of the chandrayaan2 and for chandrayaan3 also it was planned. |
| 4. This is a part of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. | 4. This is a part of the Chandrayaan programme. |
| 5. Manufacturer are DRDO, HAL, ISRO | 5. Manufacturer ISRO only. |
| 6. This is a Crewed Orbital Vehicle | 6. This is designed for Lunar Orbiter, handed, rover. |
| 7. This is a crewed mission. | 7. This is an uncrewed mission. |
| 8. The launch mass of gaganyaan is 8200kg approx. | 8. for chandrayaan-1 launch mass is 1380kg, whereas chandrayaan-2 the launch mass is 3850kg and for chandrayaan-3 it is yet to discover. |
| 9. launch centre is Satish Dhawan Space Centre | 9. launch centre is Satish Dhawan second pad and Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| 10. gaganyaan mission is to carry three crew members to the space orbit and perform experiments related to micro-gravity. | 10. Chandrayaan mission to find the insight of the origin and evolution of moon. |
| 11. Cost around $1.77 billion | 11. Cost around $9.78 billion |
