Chandrayaan - indian mission to moon

Since chandrayaan-1 launch has been delayed till july here's something that i dug up on the rider that will take chandrayaan to the moon!!

The PSLV is the launch vehicle that will actually take chandrayaan and separate it from earth's orbit towards its 4 day journey to the moon.

As wikipedia reports
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The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (usually known by its acronym, PSLV) is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV, commercially viable only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).

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Read more about PSLV at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle

and if this has excited you then please do read this http://pib.nic.in/archieve/factsheet/fs2000/space.html

This link lists the MILESTONES IN THE INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME!!!

Must for any space enthusiast!!