Chandrayaan 1, India's First Lunar Probe |
Chandrayaan 1, India's First Lunar Probe |
 May 1 2006, 04:23 PM
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Chandrayaan Lunar Mission Will Carry NASA Payload
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chandray...SA_Payload.html Bangalore, India (SPX) May 1, 2006 - ISRO has agreed to carry two NASA research instruments aboard its Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, the Indian lunar-orbiting mission planned for launch next year, The Hindu newspaper reported Sunday. ISRO Pushing For Indian Satellite Industry http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ISRO_Pus...e_Industry.html Bangalore, India (SPX) May 1, 2006 - ISRO is looking to jump-start an Indian satellite industry by inviting prospective domestic contractors to work with the agency until they can develop independent manufacturing capabilities. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Oct 22 2008, 09:03 AM
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For those who like compare numbers (like I do), here is some data about recent/near future lunar probes:
s/c ; mass in lunar orbit ; lunar orbit ; imager resolution SMART-1 ; 370 kg ; 2300 x 4500 km polar ; 80 m/pix Kaguya ; 2885 kg ; 100 km polar ; 10 m/pix Chang'e-1 ; ?* ; 200 km polar** ; 120 m/pix Chandrayaan-1 ; 590 kg ; 100 km polar ; 5 m/pix LRO ; 1823 kg ; 50 km polar ; 0.5 m/pix * Chang'e-1 mass is according to Wikipedia 2350 kg, but I don't know if it is launch mass or mass in lunar orbit ** inclination ca 90 deg according to http://150.197.1.105:10000/KariWeb/fulltext1/05_1/515.pdf but ca 64 deg according to Wikipedia Sources: presentations from LRO Project Science Working Group Meeting November 28, 2006 (sorry, can't find them online right now, but the link is somewhere in UMSF.com) http://150.197.1.105:10000/KariWeb/fulltext1/05_1/515.pdf Wikipedia |
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ljk4-1 Chandrayaan 1 May 1 2006, 04:23 PM
BruceMoomaw Very nice description of Chandrayaan's science... May 1 2006, 10:14 PM RNeuhaus A very interesting project since it is the Indian... May 2 2006, 12:46 AM ljk4-1 NASA Agrees to Cooperate With India on Lunar Missi... May 9 2006, 06:44 PM ljk4-1 India Space Agency Dreams Of Lunar Ice Mines
http... Sep 21 2006, 03:02 PM GravityWaves Outsourcing NASA to India ? Oct 1 2006, 04:42 AM GravityWaves Indian scientist spearheads ISRO-NASA joint moon e... Nov 27 2006, 02:33 AM GravityWaves Mooncraft, India’s the First Dream Spacecraft
http... Mar 3 2007, 03:21 PM GravityWaves QUOTE India's first mission to moon 'Chand... Apr 11 2007, 06:54 AM Marz "We should be able to build an atmosphere wit... Apr 11 2007, 03:53 PM Rakhir Only three months from the next lunar mission.
htt... Jan 11 2008, 11:27 PM mps Chandrayaan 1 could launch in September
http://tim... Jun 10 2008, 07:26 AM Redstone Now NET second week of October.
Times of India ar... Aug 6 2008, 11:07 PM Zvezdichko Hey, Lunar enthusiasts, wake up!
http://en.ri... Oct 9 2008, 10:19 AM djellison I just finished doing some quick little animations... Oct 9 2008, 10:44 AM Phil Stooke Nice!
I understand the Impact Probe is target... Oct 9 2008, 02:13 PM elakdawalla While looking around for Chandrayaan-1 information... Oct 9 2008, 04:23 PM djellison Yay - cleared for public release
http://dougell... Oct 10 2008, 10:34 AM eoincampbell I, for one, really appreciate that ...YAY Oct 11 2008, 03:49 AM djellison http://www.sstd.rl.ac.uk/C1xs/C1_Launch.htm.
QUOT... Oct 14 2008, 11:18 AM Phil Stooke Nice!
The Moon Impact Probe has now been targ... Oct 14 2008, 11:36 AM djellison Wahayyy
http://www.astronomynow.com/081016UKcamer... Oct 18 2008, 07:30 PM peter59 Photo Gallary of CHANDRAYAAN-1
http://www.isro.go... Oct 20 2008, 07:07 AM Bhas_From_India More info about India's Moon Mission.
http://w... Oct 20 2008, 12:23 PM Bhas_From_India The lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 is scheduled to... Oct 20 2008, 12:30 PM Bhas_From_India There is book written by Pallava Bagla titled ... Oct 20 2008, 12:35 PM Bhas_From_India On a lighter note..
To keep the odds in their fav... Oct 20 2008, 01:01 PM Bhas_From_India India is getting ready with Deep Space Network too... Oct 20 2008, 01:18 PM
SpaceListener QUOTE (Bhas_From_India @ Oct 20 2008, 08... Oct 21 2008, 01:09 AM djellison QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Oct 21 2008, 02:09... Oct 21 2008, 08:02 AM SpaceListener QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 21 2008, 03:02 AM)... Oct 21 2008, 01:48 PM djellison http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/76250/10_200...it-fo... Oct 20 2008, 01:51 PM Bhas_From_India SpaceListener,
1. Check this for Telemetry and Tr... Oct 21 2008, 04:02 AM Bhas_From_India un-necessary quote removed - admin
Also, Looks li... Oct 21 2008, 08:08 AM Bhas_From_India India’s moon mission countdown continues in heavy ... Oct 21 2008, 06:59 AM Astro0 FWIW - The Canberra DSN will be using two of its a... Oct 21 2008, 10:32 AM Bhas_From_India Glad to share the updates, Astro0.
Fingers crosse... Oct 21 2008, 10:40 AM Bhas_From_India NOTE: Found the following information in one of lo... Oct 21 2008, 10:53 AM Bhas_From_India "Chandrayaan: ISRO all set to capture moments... Oct 21 2008, 12:55 PM Bhas_From_India The launch pad of the Chandrayaan. Oct 21 2008, 01:16 PM djellison Well done BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech... Oct 21 2008, 01:51 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 21 2008, 08:51 AM)... Oct 21 2008, 03:13 PM Rakhir QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 21 2008, 01:51 PM)... Oct 21 2008, 08:05 PM djellison And tweaked the nearside/darkside text as well Oct 21 2008, 08:19 PM Astro0 Emily mentioned the webcast in the PS Blog...
Here... Oct 21 2008, 11:41 PM slinted The video stream is also available at http://msrv2... Oct 22 2008, 12:06 AM Bhas_From_India 3 minutes to go...very exciting....hope it will be... Oct 22 2008, 12:48 AM Jason W Barnes Ack -- we can't get the broadcast feed to work... Oct 22 2008, 12:58 AM Phil Stooke Launched successfully!
Phil Oct 22 2008, 01:00 AM Bhas_From_India Launch went fine...so far...
3rd stage in progress... Oct 22 2008, 01:02 AM tanjent Slinted's link yields only a series of still s... Oct 22 2008, 01:04 AM Bhas_From_India Alititude: 210 km
Velocity : 8km/Sec
Flight Time :... Oct 22 2008, 01:05 AM Bhas_From_India Seems everything went fine.
orbit is achieved.
Now... Oct 22 2008, 01:14 AM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (Bhas_From_India @ Oct 21 2008, 06... Oct 22 2008, 01:18 AM elakdawalla Thanks, Bhas! Keep the updates coming -- I... Oct 22 2008, 01:15 AM elakdawalla AFP is reporting that official time of liftoff was... Oct 22 2008, 01:22 AM Bhas_From_India ISRO: 1st leg of chandrayaan has been perfect.
ISR... Oct 22 2008, 01:23 AM Phil Stooke All the recent missions including this one have st... Oct 22 2008, 01:26 AM elakdawalla Ah. Here's a diagram of exactly what you... Oct 22 2008, 01:30 AM Bhas_From_India I don't know what all the Cameras captured.
Ve... Oct 22 2008, 01:34 AM elakdawalla Yeah, it looked like it launched directly into a c... Oct 22 2008, 01:40 AM ustrax बधाई भा... Oct 22 2008, 06:48 AM Phil Stooke Bhas, we are told the impact probe will hit the ri... Oct 22 2008, 01:41 AM Bhas_From_India QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Oct 22 2008, 07:11 A... Oct 22 2008, 03:18 AM Bhas_From_India QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Oct 22 2008, 07:11 A... Oct 22 2008, 01:38 PM elakdawalla This site maintains a helpful list of links to new... Oct 22 2008, 01:51 AM Bhas_From_India Here is another picture of the mission.
NOTE: as... Oct 22 2008, 03:22 AM Bhas_From_India Update from ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisati... Oct 22 2008, 03:27 AM Bhas_From_India After launch, action shifts to Bangalore centre
O... Oct 22 2008, 03:45 AM MizarKey I checked Heaven's Above but it didn't hav... Oct 22 2008, 05:51 AM Bhas_From_India Some snaps of Launch
Oct 22 2008, 06:45 AM Rakhir QUOTE (Bhas_From_India @ Oct 22 2008, 07... Oct 22 2008, 06:51 AM Bhas_From_India QUOTE (Rakhir @ Oct 22 2008, 12:21 PM) Hi... Oct 22 2008, 08:26 AM PhilCo126 Excellent replies, nice videos by Doug !
Good ... Oct 22 2008, 07:08 AM Bhas_From_India QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 22 2008, 12:38 PM)... Oct 22 2008, 08:30 AM Bhas_From_India ‘Once Chandrayaan goes near the moon, we will be t... Oct 22 2008, 09:51 AM Zvezdichko There was a huge press-conference here, in Bulgari... Oct 22 2008, 11:00 AM djellison There was going to be : http://www.sstd.rl.ac.uk/c... Oct 22 2008, 12:35 PM Zvezdichko And some interesting data:
It was estimated that ... Oct 22 2008, 12:54 PM Phil Stooke Hi - the target is important. The nominal descent... Oct 22 2008, 01:51 PM Bhas_From_India Antennae turn to Chandrayaan - From "The Hin... Oct 22 2008, 02:03 PM PhilCo126 Hi Bhas,
thanks for the information on the ... Oct 22 2008, 05:03 PM Enceladus75 I think that this is a fanstatic achievement for I... Oct 23 2008, 12:51 AM Bhas_From_India Interesting Update
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Why ISRO changed... Oct 23 2008, 01:29 AM rlorenz QUOTE (Bhas_From_India @ Oct 22 2008, 08... Oct 23 2008, 12:05 PM Bhas_From_India QUOTE (rlorenz @ Oct 23 2008, 05:35 PM) e... Oct 23 2008, 12:49 PM Bhas_From_India Byalalu tunes in to moon mission - From Hindu
Ban... Oct 23 2008, 01:46 AM Bhas_From_India ISTRAC director S.K. Shivakumar says that
DSN got ... Oct 23 2008, 03:12 AM Bhas_From_India New Stories are slowly coming out...
When the Moo... Oct 23 2008, 03:30 AM elakdawalla I dropped in this evening on a social event being ... Oct 23 2008, 04:10 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 22 2008, 08:10 P... Oct 23 2008, 04:25 AM Bhas_From_India as per new Orbit Transfer Strategy (Chandrayaan-I)... Oct 23 2008, 04:38 AM Bhas_From_India Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar orbiter, co... Oct 23 2008, 09:23 AM mps QUOTE (Bhas_From_India @ Oct 23 2008, 12... Oct 23 2008, 10:31 AM ugordan These aren't western PR folks, though. Oct 23 2008, 10:35 AM djellison English is a second language for the C1 team - and... Oct 23 2008, 11:35 AM ugordan Indeed. It's also probably a cultural differen... Oct 23 2008, 11:44 AM ngunn Ha!-I noticed this too. It makes you realise h... Oct 23 2008, 11:56 AM charborob Do we have any idea of ISRO's policy concernin... Oct 23 2008, 01:16 PM |
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