Chandrayaan - indian mission to moon

Domain-b.com has come up with a year end review of Indian Space Programme in 2007. Definitely worth a read for those who are following the Indian space story..

The website begins with " Indian space programme witnessed several major accomplishments and scaled newer heights in mastering space technology during the year. It is significant to note that the remarkable successes were the result of well-orchestrated programmes undertaken by the department aimed at achieving total self-reliance in this cutting edge technology solely through indigenous efforts and utilizing the expertise available within the organization."

Some of the highlights mentioned are

a> The successful orbiting and recovery of a space capsule from the Indian soil using our own launch vehicle

b> Launching of the state of the art remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2 with better than one meter resolution

c> Launching of a satellite exclusively for an European customer under a commercial contract

d> Successful ground testing of indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage

e> Fabrication and installation of a large antenna for providing tracking and command support for deep space missions, in general, and Chandrayaan-I, India`s first un-manned lunar mission, in particular

Read the full report at the following link

http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/launch_veh/20080102_space.html