Chandrayaan-1 Beams First Pictures of Earth from 9,000 KM and 70,000 KM

India's Moon Probe Pictures Earth - BBC, 3 November 2008.

Tracking the Progress of Chandrayaan-1 Orbital Maneuvers

Lunar Orbit:

Chandrayaan-1 successfully placed in its operational lunar polar orbit at an altitide of 100 km - The Hindu, 12 November 2008.

Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbit further reduced to 255 km (aposelene) and 101 km (periselene) - The Hindu, 11 November 2008.

First Lunar Orbit Reduction of Chandrayaan-1 Performed Successfully and placed at 200 km (periselene) and 7,502 km (aposelene) - Space Daily, 11 November 2008.

Chandrayaan-1 Successfully placed in the Lunar Orbit, with 504 km (periselene) and 7502 (aposelene) - The Hindu, 8 November 2008.

Transfer Orbit:
Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Space by fifth LAM firing with 1,000 km perigee (from Moon) and 380,000 km (from Earth) - Times of India, 3 November 2008.

Earth Orbit:
Fourth Orbital Raise of Chandrayann-1 places it at 267,000 km (apogee) and 465 km (perigee) in its Lunar Voyage - The Hindu, 28 October 2008.

Chandrayaan-1 is almost halfway to the Moon with an Orbit of 164,000 km (apogee) and 348 km (perigee) - The Hindu, 26 October 2008.

Chandrayaan's Orbit Raised to 74,175 km (apogee) and 336 km (perigee) and thus becomes the first Indian spacecraft to go beyond the Geosynchronous orbit - The Hindu, 25 October 2008.

Chandrayaan's Orbit Raised to 37,900 km (apogee) and 300 km (perigee) by the spacecraft's onboard LAM - Space Daily, 23 October 2008.

Launch and Initial Orbit:

India's First Lunar voyage, Chandrayaan-1, successfully launched by PSLV-C11 and placed at 22,860 km (apogee) and 255 km (perigee) Orbit - SpaceFlightNow, 22 October 2008.

BBC Online Video and Commentary on Chandrayaan-1 Launch

India Sets its Sight on the moon - BBC Online Video

Indian Media Hails Successfull Launch of the Moon Mission - BBC

FAQ-s; scientific value & timeliness of Chandrayaan - 1

• Chandrayaan - 1 - FAQs (or) visit http://www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan/htmls/faqs.htm
  
  
• The Case for India's First Robotic Mission to the Moon (or) visit http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct252004/1061.pdf

Successful Launch of Chandrayaan-1 Probe in New York Times

PSLV-C11 Successfully Launches Chandrayaan-1- Live Telecast Screenshot and Press Briefing by ISRO Chairman

Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO displays the model of Chandrayaan-1 at the Press Meet after the launch of PSLV- C11 / Chandrayaan-1 on October 22, 2008

Overview of Chandrayaan-1 and its Scientific Significance - ESA Multimedia

http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/podcast/Chandrayaan_POD_10-10-08.mp4

Ready for Launch !

India Aims for the Moon - Air & Space Magazine, October 21, 2008.

Path to the Moon

How Chandrayaan-1 will reach lunar orbit
After launch, Chandrayaan-1 will go around the earth twice before being fired towards the moon. The entire journey of 386,000 km will take 5.5 days.

Getting Ready for Liftoff!

The fully integrated Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft