Chandrayaan - Indian Space Research

Chandrayaan-1, planned for early next year, yet another mission to moon is already on the table – this time to send a Lander to the lunar surface. This is likely to be
followed by the much-talked-about manned mission to the moon.


Chandrayaan-1 is planned for launch on board India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The 525-kg satellite will be placed in the 100-km polar orbit around the moon and it will have a lifetime of two years.


Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, would have a proper Lander, which would land on the lunar surface and try to explore the surface in far more detail.


Chandrayaan-1 is for mapping applications and this satellite is equipped with remote-sensing cameras. "Chandrayaan-2 will have a Lander, which would touch down on the lunar surface and pick up samples


ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair

ISRO - INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION

PSLV - POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE