Chandrayaan 1 MIP

Launch data: Designation  08052 Launch date  22 Oct 2008 - 00:52 UT Launch site  Sriharikota, SLP Launch vehicle  PSLV Mission  Lunar lander Perigee / Apogee   km Eccentricity   Inclination   deg Period   min

Spacecraft data: Prime contractor   Platform  Chandrayaan-1 Operator   Mass at launch   kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Solar array   Stabilization   DC power

Decay:

Mission details:

• India's first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1, was launched by PSLV flight C11 from Sriharikota on Oct 22, 2008.
• Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit on Nov 8, 2008. ISRO reported the initial orbit as 504 x 7502 km x 90.0 deg. By Nov 12 the orbit had been lowered to 100 x 100 km x 90.0 deg.
• On Nov 14, 2008 at 1436 UTC it ejected a 29 kg Moon Impact Probe (MIP). The MIP fired a small deorbit motor to lower its orbit to around -200 x 100 km, and hit the moon at 1501 UTC, near Shackleton Crater at the south pole after 25 minutes journey.
• It placed the Indian tricolour, which was pasted on the sides of MIP on the Moon.
• Results from Chandriaan MIP