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Chandrayaan sees Earth - November 03, 2008

isro chand earth.jpgPosted on behalf of Ashley Yeager

Indian Moon mission Chandrayaan-1’s Terrain Mapping camera is up and running. On 29 October, the instrument – one of 11 aboard the spacecraft – took this image of the southern Australian coast from a distance of 70,000 kilometres (press release).

Now “the important date for us is November 3”, Chandrayaan-1 project director M. Annadurai told The Economic Times.

On that date, the Indian Space Research Organization will take the spacecraft to 384,000 kilometres and then fire the Chandrayaan-1’s motors to take it to the Moon. The probe is expected to enter into lunar orbit on 8 November.

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India heads for the Moon
India to the moon
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Posted by Daniel Cressey on November 03, 2008
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