What is the purpose of Chandrayaan-1?
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What is the purpose of Chandrayaan-1?
The Chandrayaan-1 mission performed high-resolution remote sensing of the moon in visible, near infrared (NIR), low energy X-rays and high-energy X-ray regions. One of the objectives was to prepare a three-dimensional atlas (with high spatial and altitude resolution) of both near and far side of the moon.
What is Chandrayaan first?
Chandrayaan-1
| Spacecraft properties | |
|---|---|
| Launch date | 22 October 2008, 00:52 UTC |
| Rocket | PSLV-XL C11 |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan Second Pad |
| Contractor | ISRO |
Is Chandrayaan-1 successful or failure?
The spacecraft operated for less than two years: 312 days as opposed to two years. However, the Chandrayaan-1 was successful in achieving at least 95 per cent of its objectives.
Where is Chandrayaan-1 now?
Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit.
What is the difference between Chandrayaan 1 and 2?
– Chandrayaan-1 was India’s first moon mission. The Chandrayaan name means Chandra is moon and yaan is vehicle that is lunar spacecraft. Whereas Chandrayaan-2 is India’s second moon mission.
Which country helped Chandrayaan?
Earlier reports had emerged about a collaboration with Japan on a mission to the lunar south pole where India would be providing the lander while Japan would provide both launcher and rover.
What happen to Chandrayaan 2?
The failure of Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the Moon, to make a soft-landing on the lunar surface had led to much disappointment. The lander and rover malfunctioned in the final moments and crash-landed, getting destroyed in the process.
Who found water on Moon?
Like Cassini, SARA found water/hydroxyl groups in the lunar soil. The discovery proved timely for ESA’s BepiColombo mission to study Mercury, which carries two similar instruments for detecting water. Chandrayaan 1’s M3 instrument detected water and hydroxyl molecules almost everywhere on the Moon too.
What is Chandrayaan in Sanskrit?
The name Chandrayaan means “Chandra- Moon, Yaan-vehicle”, –in Indian languages (Sanskrit and Hindi), – the lunar spacecraft.