model of chandrayaan-1 spacecraft
chandrayaan-1 india s first mission moon. unmanned lunar exploration mission included lunar orbiter , impactor called moon impact probe. isro launched spacecraft using modified version of pslv on 22 october 2008 satish dhawan space centre, sriharikota. vehicle inserted lunar orbit on 8 november 2008. carried high-resolution remote sensing equipment visible, near infrared, , soft , hard x-ray frequencies. during 312 days operational period (2 years planned), surveyed lunar surface produce complete map of chemical characteristics , 3-dimensional topography. polar regions of special interest, possibly had ice deposits. spacecraft carried 11 instruments: 5 indian , 6 foreign institutes , space agencies (including nasa, esa, bulgarian academy of sciences, brown university , other european , north american institutes/companies), carried free of cost. chandrayaan-1 became first lunar mission discover existence of water on moon. chandrayaan-166 team awarded american institute of aeronautics , astronautics space 2009 award, international lunar exploration working group s international co-operation award in 2008, , national space society s 2009 space pioneer award in science , engineering category.
mars orbiter mission (mangalayaan)
artist s rendering of mars orbiter mission spacecraft, mars in background
the mars orbiter mission (mom), informally known mangalayaan, launched earth orbit on 5 november 2013 indian space research organisation (isro) , has entered mars orbit on 24 september 2014. india became first country enter mars orbit on first attempt. completed @ record cost of $74 million.
mom placed mars orbit on 24 september 2014 @ 8:23 am ist.
the spacecraft had launch mass of 1,337 kg (2,948 lb), 15 kg (33 lb) of 5 scientific instruments payload.
the national space society awarded mars orbiter mission team 2015 space pioneer award in science , engineering category.
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