PSLV-C11, successfully launched the 1380 kg Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft into a transfer orbit with a perigee (nearest point to Earth) of 255 km and an apogee (farthest point to Earth) of 22,860 km ...

Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to the Moon, was successfully launched earlier this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota, India. The PSLV-C11 rocket, an upgraded ...

Chandrayaan-1, India’s first mission to the Moon, was successfully launched the morning of October 22 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota, India. The PSLV-C11 rocket ...

It may be recalled that Chandrayaan-1 was successfully launched by PSLV-C11 on October 22, 2008 from India’s spaceport at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota into its intended initial ...

India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is en route for the Moon. The unmanned craft should go into lunar orbit this weekend. {loadposition stephen08}Chandrayaan-1 (Moon Craft 1) was launched on an India ...

2008 The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully launched Chandrayaan-1, the country’s first attempt at a moon landing. The two-year, USD$80 million mission will see the PSLV-C11 ...

NEW DELHI -- A week before launch, India's lunar mission has progressed one step further, with the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft ... Satellite Launch Vehicle C11 (PSLV C11) Tuesday night.

Chandrayaan-1 began its journey to the Moon aboard PSLV-C11. This mission discovered water molecules on the lunar surface, a significant scientific achievement. PSLV-C37 set a world record by ...

or PSLV-XL. It arrived in lunar orbit about three weeks later and dropped off the Moon Impact Probe, which crashed into the moon on November 14. The rest of the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft stayed in ...

The upgraded version of the launch rocket PSLV-C11 will have a lift-off weight of 316 tonnes, and will be used to inject the 1,304-kg mass Chandrayaan-I into a 240 x 24,000 km orbit. Subsequently ...