Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The objectives of the Chandrayaan-I mission are to carry out high resolution mapping of topographic features in 3-D and to harness the science payloads, the lunar craft and the launch vehicle with suitable ground support systems. The mission's spacecraft "would not be landing, but will travel in a polar orbit around the moon and pay special attention to gathering data on the polar icecaps that may contain traces of water.

ISRO's plans to launch 70 missions in the 11th Five Year Plan period (2007-12), which would be three times the number it has "done in the past five years.

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