 According to VSSC director, S. Somanath, there will be more follow-up missions in the Chandrayaan programme.According to "The Times of India", work on Chandrayaan-3 commenced on 14 November 2019.In December 2019, it was reported that ISRO requested the initial funding of the project, amounting to , of which is intended for machinery, equipment and other capital expenditure, while the remaining is sought under revenue expenditure head.