Chandrayaan-1

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Chandrayaan 1 is an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) mission to orbit the moon for two years, gathering scientific information and testing India's space capabilities. Based upon the Kalpansat weather satellite, it is a 1.5 meter bus weighing approx. 523 kg. Chandrayaan carries a 30kg Moon Impact Probe (MIP) and a 55kg scientific payload.

Instrumentation

The scientific payload consists of the following:

Indigenous

• Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) with a 5 meter resolution.
• Hyper Spectral Imager (HySi) for mineralogical mapping in the 400-900 nanometer band. Spectral resolution of 15 nanometers. Spacial resolution of 80 meters.
• Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI) for mapping lunar topography.
• High Energy X-ray/gamma ray spectromenter (HEX). 10 - 200 keV range.
• Moon Impact Probe (MIP)

Foreign

• Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer ([C1XS]). 1-10 keV range. Ground resolution of 10km.

Lunar orbiting spacecraft.

Reference: scheduled for launch March 2008

Sponsor: Indian Space Research Organization

http://www.chandrayaan-1.com/

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