On August 23, 2023, the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Vikram lander cemented India’s status as the first country to soft-land a spacecraft near the South Pole of the Moon.
KYOCERA AVX contributed several components to the Pragyaan lunar rover, including stacked TCH Series surface-mount tantalum polymer capacitors, miniature CWR15 MIL- PRF-55365 / 12 tantalum chip capacitors, high-capacitance and low-ESR TES Series ESCC QPL tantalum chip capacitors, space- level TAZ Series/CWR29 MIL- PRF-55365/11 molded tantalum chip capacitors, and high-reliability MLCCs and EMI feedthrough filters.