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Chandrayaan-1

                                             


Chandrayaan-1, India's initial mission to Moon, was launched with success on Gregorian calendar month twenty-two, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The ballistic capsule was orbiting around the Moon at a height of a hundred klick from the satellite surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The ballistic capsule carried eleven scientific instruments in-built India, USA, UK, Germany, Sverige and Republic of Bulgaria.

Chandrayaan-1; After the productive completion of all the most important mission objectives, the orbit has been raised to two hundred klicks throughout might 2009. The satellite created over 3400 orbits around the moon and therefore the mission was terminated once the communication with the ballistic capsule was lost on August twenty-nine, 2009.

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Chandrayaan-1;
Mission Remote Sensing, Planetary Science
Weight 1380 kilogram (Mass at elevate off)
Onboard power 700 Watts
Stabilization 3 - axis stabilized victimization reaction wheel and angle management thrusters, sun sensors, star sensors, fiber optic gyros and accelerometers for angle determination.
Payloads
Scientific Payloads from India


Chandrayaan-1;
a) parcel of land Mapping Camera (TMC)

b) Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI)

c) satellite optical maser go Instrument (LLRI)

d) High Energy X-ray spectroscope (HEX)

e) Moon Impact Probe(MIP)
Scientific Payloads from abroad

f) Chandrayaan-I X-ray spectroscope (CIXS)

g) close to Infrared spectroscope (SIR - 2)

h) Sub keV Atom reflective analyzer (SARA)

i) Miniature artificial Aperature microwave radar (Mini SAR)

j) Moon geology plotter (M3)

k) Radiation Dose Monitor (RADOM)

Chandrayaan-1

                                             
Chandrayaan-1;
Launch Date 22 Gregorian calendar month 2008
Launch Site SDSC, SHAR, Sriharikota
Launch Vehicle PSLV - C11
Orbit a hundred klick x 100 klick: satellite Orbit
Mission life 2 years


Chandrayaan-1 was India's 1st mission to the moon. It operated for pretty much a year (between Oct 2008 and August 2009). The satellite is best well-known for serving to find proof of water molecules on the moon.

The Indian house analysis Organization (ISRO) is developing a successor mission referred to as Chandrayaan-2, which is predicted to launch to the moon in 2018.

Chandrayaan-1; Brief mission history
The name Chandrayaan suggests that "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskritic language, in step with independent agency. The Chandrayaan-1 orbiter was supported AN Indian orbiter referred to as Kalpana. it absolutely was concerning the dimensions of white goods, with a dry weight (weight while not fuel) of concerning 525 kilograms (1,160 lbs.) and was hopped-up by an electrical device that charged lithium-ion batteries on board.

Chandrayaan-1 launched on a Gregorian calendar month. 22, 2008, from the Satish Dhawan House Center in Sriharikota, India, aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket, in step with independent agency. It reached the laze Gregorian calendar month. 8, 2008. The orbiter frees its Moon Impact Probe on Gregorian calendar month. 14, that crashed into the laze a similar day.

Chandrayaan-1; The orbiter at first performed its work from a mapping orbit at AN altitude of a hundred kilometers (62 miles), ISRO said. In could 2009, controllers raised the orbit to two hundred klicks (124 miles). Chandrayaan-1 created three,400 orbits of the moon and continued sending information till Aug. 29, 2009, once controllers for good lost communication with the orbiter.

Chandrayaan-1

                                     


Chandrayaan-1; Instruments and science goals
Chandrayaan-1 was supposed not solely to be an indication of India's technology in house, however additionally was expected to come scientific info concerning the moon, in step with an independent agency. Its major goal was to gather information concerning the moon's earth science, geology, and topography.

The mission carried 5 scientific payloads from India, in step with the ISRO:

Chandrayaan-1; Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC), which provided a high-resolution map of the moon.
Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI), that performed the mineralogical mapping.
Lunar optical device locomote Instrument (LLRI), that came back info concerning the moon's topography (height of bound features).
High Energy X-ray prism spectroscope (HEX), that examined hot parts on the surface.
Moon Impact Probe (MIP), that was by design crashed into the moon's South Pole. The rubble from its impact assisted Chandrayaan-1 in its explore of satellite water.
There additionally were many instruments on board from different house agencies.

Chandrayaan-I X-ray prism spectroscope or CIXS (from the United Kingdom's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, the EU house Agency, and ISRO). This light prism spectroscope measured the abundance of bound minerals on the moon's surface.
Near-Infrared prism spectroscope or SIR-2 (from the ESA). This additionally mapped minerals, in infrared wavelengths.
Sub keV Atom reflective instrument or SARA (also from the ESA), that studied the interaction between the solar radiation (constant stream of particles from the sun) and therefore the satellite surface by mensuration energetic neutral atoms emitted from the surface.
Miniature artificial Aperture radio detection and ranging or mini SAR (from NASA), that sought for water ice close to the satellite poles.
Moon geology plotter or M3 (also from NASA), AN imaging prism spectroscope that additionally unconcealed info concerning the moon's mineral composition.
Radiation Dose Monitor or RADOM-7 (form the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), that examined the radiation surroundings around the moon.

 CHANDRAYAAN - 1

General question & answer on the topic of Chandrayaan-1;

1. Who has launched India's first Mission to Moon?               ISRO

2. Where was it launched?                                                       Satish Dhawan
                                                                                                 Space Centre, Sriharikota

3. When was it launched?                                                       22nd Oct. 2008

4. When did it successfully Orbit Moon?                               8th Nov. 2008

5. When was the Indian Flag placed on
the moon by this Mission?                                                     14th Nov. 2008

6. What is the estimated cost of this project?                         Rs. 386 Crores

7. What are the objectives of the mission?                             Survey lunar
                                                                                                 Surface and
                                                                                                 Prepare chemicals
                                                                                                 and minerological map

8. When is the Second Moon Mission               
Planned?                                                                                 2012


9. Where is the lunar program control                                    Bylalu
 centre called the 'Indian Deep Space                                     (near Bangalore)
Network'?                                               

10. Who is the Project Director of                                          M. Annadurai
Chandrayan-I?

11. What is the special feature of
Chandrayan II?                                                                      To land a Moon rover for
                                                                                                rock sampling

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