Chandrayaan-1
Also known as Chandrayaan 1, Chandrayaan I
Chandrayaan-1 (; from Sanskrit: , "Moon" and , "craft, vehicle") of the Chandrayaan programme, was the first Indian lunar probe. It was launched by ISRO in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission consisted of an orbiter and an impactor. ISRO launched the spacecraft using a PSLV-XL (C-11) rocket on 22 October 2008 at 00:52 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The mission was a major boost to India's space program, as India researched and developed its own technology to explore the Moon. The vehicle was inserted into lunar orbit on 8 Novem
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Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe, launched by ISRO in October 2008 and operated until August 2009, consisting of an orbiter and an impactor to study the Moon. The mission was significant because it demonstrated India's capability to develop its own space technology for lunar exploration, marking a major achievement for the country's space program.
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Article
34 sectionsContents
- History
- Objectives
- Goals
- Specifications
- Payload
- Indian instruments
- Instruments from other countries
- Mission timeline
- Earth orbit burns
- Lunar orbit insertion
- Impact of the MIP on the lunar surface
- Rise of spacecraft's temperature
- Mapping of minerals
- Mapping of Apollo landing sites
- Image acquisition
- Detection of X-Ray signals
- Full Earth image
- Orbit raised to 200 km
- Attitude sensor failure
- Radar scans
- End of the mission
- Results
- Lunar water discovery
- Lunar water production
- Lunar caves
- Tectonism
- Awards
- Team
- Public release of data
- Follow-up missions
- Lunar outpost
- See also
- References
- External links
Chandrayaan-1 (; from Sanskrit: , "Moon" and , "craft, vehicle") of the Chandrayaan programme, was the first Indian lunar probe. It was launched by ISRO in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission consisted of an orbiter and an impactor. ISRO launched the spacecraft using a PSLV-XL (C-11) rocket on 22 October 2008 at 00:52 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The mission was a major boost to India's space program, as India researched and developed its own technology to explore the Moon. The vehicle was inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008.
On 14 November 2008, the Moon Impact Probe separated from the Chandrayaan orbiter at 14:36 UTC and struck the south pole in a controlled manner. The probe hit near the crater Shackleton at 15:01 UTC. The location of the impact was named Jawahar Point. With this mission, ISRO became the fifth national space agency to reach the lunar surface. Other nations whose national space agencies achieved similar feats were the former Soviet Union in 1959, the United States in 1962, Japan in 1993, and European Space Agency member states in 2006.