Chandrayaan mission

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Chandrayaan 1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-1, lit: Lunar Craft), is an unmanned lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The mission includes a lunar orbiter as well as an impactor. The spacecraft was launched by a modified version of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on October 22, 2008. (THATS TODAY PEOPLE).

The remote sensing satellite will weigh 1308 kg (590 kg initial orbit mass and 504 kg dry mass) and carry high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it is intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a complete map of its chemical characteristics and 3-dimensional topography. The polar regions are of special interest, as they might contain water ice. The ISRO has identified Mylswamy Annadurai as Project Chief.

The spacecraft was successfully launched on October 22nd at 6:22 AM (AGAIN TODAY: I saw it live) Indian Standard Time . After the spacecraft reaches its lunar transfer orbit, it will take 16 days to reach the Moon. They estimate the cost to be INR 3.86 billion (US$ 83 million). The mission includes five ISRO payloads and six payloads from other international space agencies such as NASA and ESA, and the Bulgarian Aerospace Agency, which is being carried free of cost.

Check out http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan-1/

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