MISSION MOON

MISSION MOON
Moon has always fascinated Indians from ancient days and now 21st century india is ready to land on moon! Chandrayaan-1 is the first mission towords the dream.
In Chandrayaan-1, the lunar craft would be launched using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) weighing 1304 kg at launch and 590 kg at lunar orbit. Lunar craft would orbit around moon 100 km from moon surface.
ISRO inviated international space orgnization to particpate in the project by providing suitable scientific payloads(instrument for experiments).

ISRO selected 3 (C1XS, SIR-2, SARA) payload from ESA (European Space Agency) 1 (RADOM) from BSA (Bulgarian Academy of Science), 2 (MiniSAR, M3) from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission Objectives
TO http://chandrayaan-i.com/Carry out high resolution mapping of topographic features in 3D, distribution of various minerals and elemental chemical species including radioactive nuclides covering the entire lunar surface using a set of remote sensing payloads. The new set of data would help in unravelling mysteries about the origin and evolution of solar system in general and that of the moon in particular.
Realize the mission goal of harnessing the science payloads, lunar craft and the launch vehicle with suitable ground support system including DSN station, integration and testing, launching and achieving lunar orbit of ~100 km, in-orbit operation of experiments, communication/telecommand, telemetry data reception, quick look data and archival for scientific utilization by identified group of scientists.