[7][8] The mission would send an uncrewed lunar lander and rover to explore the south pole region of the Moon no earlier than 2028.
[18] In April 2023, LUPEX Working Group 1 arrived in India to share information of landing site analysis on promised candidate sites, methods of estimating lander and rover position on moon, information of ground antennas for command and telemetry.
[19] India's Space Commission authorized ISRO to begin work on the LUPEX mission on October 7, 2024.
[21][11] For precision landing it would utilize a feature matching algorithm and navigational equipment derived from JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission.
[3][1][23] The rover would carry multiple instruments by JAXA and ISRO including a drill to collect sub-surface samples from 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) depth.
The team intends to make its landing site public as soon as they determine the ideal place, since other nations may select the same area.