Oct 12, 2008

Chandrayaan!





Chandrayaan is an unmanned lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The mission includes a lunar orbiter as well as an impactor. The spacecraft will be launched by a modified version of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
The remote sensing satellite will weigh 1304 kg (590 kg initial orbit mass and 504 kg dry mass) and carry high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it is intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a complete map of its chemical characteristics and 3-dimensional topography. The polar regions are of special interest, as they might contain water ice. This vehicle carries about 3 payloads. Chandrayaan will be having about 750kg of fuel to cross the earth's atmosphere and about 75kg s of fuel to revolve around moon to take 3-d pictures of it. The launch is scheduled next month at Sriharikotta and a 52 hour count down will start in a couple of weeks.
Let us all wish a successful mission for the Chandrayaan !

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