Friday, October 24, 2008

Tracking the Progress of Chandrayaan-1 Orbital Maneuvers


Lunar Orbit:


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:

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