Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, by the PSLV C-11 on 22 October 2008. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The spacecraft carries 11 scientific instruments built in India, USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.
| Mission Type | Remote Sensing, Planetary Science |
| Weight | 1380 kg (Mass at lift off) |
| Onboard Power | 700 Watts |
| Stabilization | 3 - Axis stabilised using reaction wheel and attitude control thrusters, sun sensors, star sensors, fibre optic gyros and accelerometers for altitude determination. |
| Payloads | Scientific Payloads from India a) Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) b) Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI) c) Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI) d) High Energy X - ray Spectrometer (HEX) e) Moon Impact Probe(MIP) Scientific Payloads from abroad f) Chandrayaan-I X-ray Spectrometer (CIXS) g) Near Infrared Spectrometer (SIR - 2) h) Sub keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA) i) Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar (Mini SAR) j) Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) k) Radiation Dose Monitor (RADOM) |
| Launch Date | 22 October 2008 |
| Launch Site | SDSC, SHAR, Sriharikota |
| Launch Vehicle | PSLV - C11 |
| Orbit | 100 km x 100 km : Lunar Orbit |
| Mission life | 2 years |
NOTE: After the successful completion of all the major mission objectives, the orbit was raised to 200 km in May 2009.
Image source: www.isro.gov.in/
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