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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.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Mission Over: Chandrayaan-1 Radio Communication with ISRO Lost

Moon's Heat hastened Indian Probe's demise - New Scientist, September 08, 2009.

India's First Moon Mission is a 'Mixed Success' - BBC Online, August 31, 2009.

Indian Scientists Hail Aborted Lunar Mission a Success - Space Daily, August 30, 2009.

Adieu, Chandrayaan-1 - The Hindu (editorial), August 30, 2009.


India's First Moon Mission is Over as Chandrayaan-1 loses Radio Communication with ISRO - The Hindu, August 29, 2009.

India's First Moon Mission 'Over': Space Agency - Sydney Morning Herald, August 29, 2009.

ISRO Announces Abrupt end of mission for Chandrayaan-1 - Hindustan Times, August 29, 2009.

Chandrayaan-1: ISRO Loses Contact and Claims Mission 'Over' - Times of India, August 29, 2009.
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Friday, August 21, 2009

NASA and ISRO Satellites Search for Lunar Water in Tandem


Unprecedented Lunar Ice Search 'Bi-static Experiment' Completed by NASA and ISRO Satellites - Aviation Week, August 21, 2009.

NASA and ISRO Satellites (LRO and Chandrayaan-1) Perform in Tandem in Search of Water on the Moon - NASA PR, August 20, 2009.
ISRO and NASA Team Up to locate Water-Ice on the Moon - The Hindu, august 21, 2009.
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Labels: Bi-static Experiment, Looking for water in Moon

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
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