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Chandrayaan-1
ISRO

India’s First Lunar Probe

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 Chandrayaan-1
• Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चन्द्रयान-१: Moon vehicle was
India's first lunar probe. Chandrayaan-1, India's first
mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October
22, 2008 from SDSC-Satish Dhawan, SHAR, Sriharikota.
• The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor*.
India launched the spacecraft using a PSLV-XL rocket,
serial number C11.[01]
• 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.

*Impactor – (spacecraft), a craft designed for high velocity landing

Chandrayaan-1 - Introduction
• The spacecraft carries 11 scientific
instruments(payloads)built in India, USA, UK,
Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.
• The mission was a major boost to India's space
program, [01]as India researched and developed its
own technology in order to explore the Moon. [01]  
• The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar
orbit on 8 November 2008.
•  India the fourth country to place its flag on the
Moon. [01]
 Mission

Mission Remote Sensing, Planetary Science

Weight 1380 kg (Mass at lift off)

Onboard power 700 Watts
Stabilization 3 - axis stabilized using reaction wheel and
attitude control thrusters, sun sensors, star
sensors, fibre optic gyros and
accelerometers for attitude determination.

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 Chandrayaan-1 Payloads
Scientific Payloads a) Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC)
from India 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 f) Chandrayaan-I  X-ray Spectrometer (CIXS)
from abroad g) Near Infrared Spectrometer (SIR - 2)
h) Sub keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA)
i) Miniature Synthetic Aperature Radar (Mini
SAR)
j) Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)
k) Radiation Dose Monitor (RADOM)
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Chandrayaan-1 – Mission Objective
• The probe impacted near the
crater Shackleton at 20:31 ejecting sub-surface
soil that could be analyzed for the presence
of lunar water ice. [01]
• The estimated cost for the project was ₹3.86
billion. Theremote sensing lunar satellite had a
mass of 1,380 kg (3,040 lb) at launch and 675 kg
(1,488 lb) in lunar orbit. [01]  
• It carried high resolution remote sensing
equipment for visible, near infrared, and soft
and hard X-ray frequencies.
• Over a period, it was intended to survey the
lunar surface to produce a complete map of its
chemical characteristics and three-dimensional
topography. 
Chandrayaan-1 – Mission Objective
• The lunar mission carried five ISRO payloads and
six payloads from other space agencies
including NASA, ESA, and the Bulgarian Aerospace
Agency, which were carried free of cost. [01]
• Chandrayaan operated for 312 days as opposed
to the intended two years but the mission
achieved 95% of its planned objectives. [01]
• Among its many achievements, the greatest
achievement was the discovery of the widespread
presence of water molecules in the lunar soil. [01]
 Specification : Chandrayaan1

Mass Dimensions
• 1,380 kg at launch, 675 kg at • Cuboid* in shape of
lunar orbit,[01] and 523 kg approximately 1.5 m
after releasing the impactor. Cubiod -a cuboid is a convex
• For Power, Propulsion & polyhedron bounded by six
quadrilateral faces, whose
Navigation and control –go polyhedral graph is the same as
through reference link [01] that of a cube
 Impact of the MIP on the lunar surface
• The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) crash landed on the lunar surface on
14 November 2008, 15:01 UTC (20:31 Indian Standard Time (IST))
near the crater Shackleton at the south pole. The MIP was one of
eleven scientific instruments (payloads) on board Chandrayaan1.[01]
• The MIP separated from Chandrayaan at 100 km from lunar surface
and began its nosedive at 14:36 UTC (20:06 IST). going into free fall
for thirty minutes. As it fell, it kept sending information back to the
mother satellite which, in turn, beamed the information back to
Earth. The altimeter then also began recording measurements to
prepare for a rover to land on the lunar surface during a second Moon
mission – planned for 2017. [01]
• Following the successful deployment of the MIP, the other scientific
instruments were turned on, starting the next phase of the mission.
[01]
 Moon Mineralogy Mapper
Image show
a lunar
crater on
the side of
the Moon
that faces
away from
Earth, as
viewed by
Chandrayaa
n-1's NASA
Moon
Mineralogy
Mapper
equipment
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 Chandrayaan-1 Image Gallery

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 Chandrayaan-1 Image
Gallery

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Awards for Chandrayaan1
• The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) has selected ISRO's Chandrayaan1 contributions
to space science and technology. [01]
• The International Lunar Exploration Working Group
awarded the Chandrayaan1 team the International
Cooperation Award in 2008 for accommodation and
tests of the most international lunar payload ever (from
20 countries, including India, the European Space
Agency of 17 countries, USA, and Bulgaria).[01]

• US based National Space Society awarded ISRO the 2009

Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering
category, for the Chandrayaan1 mission.[01]
Team : Chandrayaan1
• The scientists considered instrumental to the success of the
Chandrayaan1 project are:[01]
• G. Madhavan Nair – Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation
• Dr. T. K. Alex – Director, ISAC (ISRO Satellite Centre)
• Dr.Mylswamy Annadurai – Project Director, Chandrayan1
• S. K. Shivkumar – Director – Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
• Mr. M.Pitchaimani – Operations Director, Chandrayan1
• Mr. Leo Jackson John – Spacecraft Operations Manager, Chandrayan1
• Dr. K. Radhakrishnan (scientist) – Director, VSSC George Koshy – Mission
Director, PSLVC11
• Srinivasa Hegde – Mission Director, Chandrayaan1
• Prof. J N Goswami – Director of Physical Research Laboratory and
Principal Scientific Investigator of Chandrayaan1
• Madhavan Chandradathan Head, Launch Authorization Board,
Chandrayan1
Chandrayaan 2
Chandrayaan2
• ISRO is currently developing a second version of
Chandrayaan named Chandrayaan2 possibly to be
launched in 2016—2017.[01] The Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) plans to include a robotic
rover as a part of its second Chandrayaan mission. The
rover will be designed to move on wheels on the lunar
surface, pick up samples of soil or rocks, do onsite
chemical analysis and send the data to the Earth via
the Chandrayaan2 orbiter, which will be orbiting the
Moon.
References
[01] -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1 –[all credits
listed references from 01-117
• 1. "Mission Sequence". ISRO. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
• 2. "Chandrayaan1 Spacecraft Loses Radio Contact". ISRO. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August
2009.
• 3. "chandra". Spoken Sanskrit. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
• 4. "yaana". Spoken Sanskrit. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
• 5. "Chandrayaan1 shifted to VAB". The Hindu. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
• And so on ….117

External links
• Chandrayaan
• ISRO Image Galleries: Pictures (http://www.isro.gov.in/pslvc11/photos/moon_images.htm) |
Spacecraft, Component and Ground Segment
(http://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan/htmls/resources_image.htm) | First Results
(http://www.isro.gov.in/chandrayaan/htmls/ImageMoon.htm)
• Official Homepage of Chandrayaan1 (http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan/htmls/home.htm)
• Chandrayaan Forum (http://www.chandrayaani.com/index.php/forum.html)
• Details of Chandrayan from ISRO publications
(http://www.isro.org/publications/pdf/Chandrayaan1booklet.pdf)
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