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    Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe launched in 2008 with the objectives of mapping the chemical and mineralogical composition of the Moon's surface. It included an orbiter and an impactor. Some of its key achievements included confirming the magma ocean hypothesis of the Moon's formation and imaging potential lunar lava tubes that could be used for human settlement. Chandrayaan-1 helped India become the fourth country to place its flag on the lunar surface and gathered evidence of water on the Moon.

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    Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar probe launched in 2008 with the objectives of mapping the chemical and mineralogical composition of the Moon's surface. It included an orbiter and an impactor. Some of its key achievements included confirming the magma ocean hypothesis of the Moon's formation and imaging potential lunar lava tubes that could be used for human settlement. Chandrayaan-1 helped India become the fourth country to place its flag on the lunar surface and gathered evidence of water on the Moon.

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    CHANDRAYAAN

    1&2
    TEAM : RISING STARS
    CHANDRAYAAN 1
    • The first Indian lunar probe under Chandrayaan program.
    • It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October
    2008.
    • Operation period : October 2008 - August 2009.
    • The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor.
    • PSLV-XL rocket, serial number C11, on 22 October 2008 at
    00:52 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, at Sriharikota, Andhra
    Pradesh.
    • The vehicle was inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008.
    • (On 14 November 2008) INDIA - the fourth country to place its flag
    insignia on the Moon.
    • The estimated cost for the project was ₹386 crore (US$56 million).
    OBJECTIVES
    • To design, develop, launch and orbit a spacecraft around the Moon
    using an Indian-made launch-vehicle
    • To conduct scientific experiments using instruments on the
    spacecraft which would yield data:
    • For chemical and mineralogical mapping of the entire lunar surface
    at high spatial resolution, mapping particularly the chemical
    elements magnesium, aluminium, silicon, calcium,
    iron, titanium, radon, uranium, and thorium
    • To increase scientific knowledge
    • To test the impact of a sub-satellite (Moon Impact Probe – MIP) on
    the surface of the Moon as a fore-runner for future soft-landing
    missions
    GOALS
    • In order to reach its objective, the mission defined these goals:
    • High-resolution mineralogical and chemical imaging of the permanently
    shadowed north- and south-polar regions
    • Searching for surface or sub-surface lunar water-ice, especially at the lunar
    poles
    • Identification of chemicals in lunar highland rocks
    • Chemical stratigraphy of the lunar crust by remote sensing of the
    central uplands of large lunar craters, and of the South Pole Aitken Region
    (SPAR), an expected site of interior material
    • Mapping the height variation of features of the lunar surface
    • Observation of X-ray spectrum greater than 10 keV and stereographic
    coverage of most of the Moon's surface with 5 m (16 ft) resolution
    • Providing new insights in understanding the Moon's origin and evolution
    ACHIEVEMENTS

    • Chandrayaan's Moon Mineralogy Mapper has confirmed the magma ocean


    hypothesis, meaning that the Moon was once completely molten.[99]
    • The terrain mapping camera on board Chandrayaan-1, besides producing
    more than 70,000 three dimensional images, has recorded images of the
    landing site of U.S. spacecraft Apollo 15.[100][101]
    • TMC and HySI payloads of ISRO have covered about 70% of the lunar
    surface, while M3 covered more than 95% of the same and SIR-2 has
    provided high-resolution spectral data on the mineralogy of the Moon.
    • Chandra's Altitudinal Composition Explorer (CHACE) recorded evidence of
    water in 650 mass spectra readings gathered during this time.
    • Chandrayaan-1 imaged a lunar rille, formed by an ancient lunar lava flow,
    with an uncollapsed segment indicating the presence of a lunar lava tube, a
    type of large cave below the lunar surface this could be a potential site for
    human settlement on the Moon.
    • Earth orbit burnsDate (UTC)Burn time
    (minutes)Resulting
    apogee22 October
    Launch18.2
    in four stages22,860 km23 October1837,900 km25 October1674,715 km26
    October9.5164,600 km29 October3267,000 km4 November2.5380,000 km
    Lunar orbit insertionDate (UTC)Burn time
    (seconds)Resulting
    periseleneResulting
    aposelene8 November817504 km7,502 km9
    November57200 km7,502 km10 November866187 km255 km11
    November31101 km255 km12 November
    Final orbit100 km100 km

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