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Chandrayaan-1 : First Take Off to Moon on October 22, 2008 Print E-mail
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Thursday, 09 October 2008 09:16

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is ready to launch it’s first lunar mission which is unmanned. This is tentatively scheduled for 22nd of this month.

alt="Chandrayaan-1: First Take Off to Moon on October 22" title="Chandrayaan-1: First Take Off to Moon on October 22" width="113" height="95" align="right" />ISRO said “We have set October 22 as the tentative date for the launch of lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1. This launch was originally planned for April this year but was delayed due to technical problems.

With this, India would now join China and Japan which are running their own programs.

ISRO said that the program would be continued with another launch which is currently scheduled for 2012.

The 1,380 kg spacecraft, built at ISRO’s satellite centre in this IT hub, will be carried into lunar orbit by a specially designed 320-tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11), with six strap-on propellants weighing 12 tonnes each.

So, Keep your fingers crossed till all the integration $ testing is done for operaional purposes and the unmanned vehicle drives to moon.
 
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