Indians are fascinated by Moon from ancient days and now 21st century india is ready to land on moon! Chandrayaan is the mission towords that dream.
The last orbit-raising manoeuvres to enter the lunar transfer trajectory were completed on Tuesday by the Spacecraft Control Centre at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore.
PM congratulates space scientists
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday congratulated space scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for placing the country's maiden lunar mission in an orbit around the moon.
The Prime Minister sent the congratulatory message to ISRO scientists from Muscat, where he is on a two-day official visit.
India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I was placed in the lunar orbit in the first attempt this evening.
The mission which was fired into outer space on 22nd October has traversed 3,86,000 km and is in an elliptical orbit of 7502 km x 500 km around the moon.(ST/8.11).
Reported by DDNEWS and Chandrayaan Lunar mission by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
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