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Chandrayaan-1: India's First Mission to the Moon

This Blog follows the progress of India's first Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-1 Orbiter and its scientific progress.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

ISRO Releases Images of Moon Craters taken by Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) Onboard Chandrayaan-1


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Labels: Moon Craters, Terrain Mapping Camera, TMC Images

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

NASA's M3 Instrument Beholds Home from Moon Orbit

Nasa's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Instrument Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Beholds Earth from its 200 KM orbit around the Moon - NASA PR, August 03, 2009.

Lunar Mapper (M3) Beholds Earth - Space Daily, August 05, 2009.

Chandrayaan-1: End of the Orbit by 2010? - The Hindu, August 06, 2009.
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Labels: Earth Image from Chandrayaan-1, M3 Image of Earth

Friday, July 17, 2009

Chandrayaan-1 Completes 3,000 Orbits around the Moon



Images Taken by Chandrayaan-1 from 200 KM Orbit around the Moon


India's First Moon probe has completed 3,000 revolutions around the Moon and has sent over 70,000 images for scientific analysis - ISRO, July 17, 2009.

Chandrayaan-1 Complates 3000 Orbits around the Moon - Space Daily, July 22, 2009.

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Labels: Moon Image from 200km orbit, South Polar region of Moon

Star-Sensor Onboard Chandrayaan-1 Fails, Gyroscopes and antenna pointing mechanism activated

Chandrayaan sensor fails; craft's life may be reduced - The Hindu, July 17, 2009.

Sensor failure not to affect moon mission, says ISRO - Times of India, July 17, 2009.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Chandrayaan-1 Orbit Raised

ISRO Places Chandrayaan-1 Spacecraft at 200 km Altitude to Study Orbit Perturbations and Gravitational Field Variations - The Hindu, May 21, 2009.

The Orbit of Chandrayaan-1 Raised - ISRO Press Release, May 21, 2009.
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Labels: Chandrayaan-1 Orbit Raise

Monday, April 13, 2009

Chandrayaan-1 Takes its First Earth Image in Entirety


Chandrayaan’s first image of Earth in its entirety - The Hindu, April 11, 2009.
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Labels: Earth Image from Chandrayaan-1

Friday, April 3, 2009

NASA's Mini-SAR Instrument Nears Completion of First Mapping Cycle

Mini-SAR Instrument Nears Completion of First Radar Mapping of Moon - NASA, April 2, 2009.

Mini-SAR Radar Imager Completes First Moon Mapping Cycle - Air & Space Smithsonian blog, April 2, 2009.
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Labels: Mini-SAR, Radar Mapping of Moon
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