| Chandrayaan-1 in final orbit, ready for work |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 14 November 2008 | |
  
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The release of the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) carrying a radar altimeter, a video camera, and a mass spectrometer is expected during the next few days. The spectrometer will be used to measure the constituents of the almost non-existent lunar atmosphere. Other instruments - some Indian, some European or American - aboard Chandrayaan-1 will be used to search for ice and to carry out various mapping tasks. India plans to land a small rover vehicle on the Moon in the next few years. Chandrayaan-1 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India on October 22 aboard an an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) PSLV-C11 rocket on October 22. It is the first Indian space mission to go beyond Earth orbit. |
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