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Chandrayaan-1

Also known as Chandrayaan 1, Chandrayaan1, Chandrayaan 1 Orbiter, CH1-ORB, Chandrayaan-1 Orbiter

Indian Space Research Organization · Launched

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Completed · Partial success

India's first lunar mission, which carried a Moon Impact Probe and returned evidence of water on the lunar surface.

Destinations
Moon
Launch vehicle
PSLV-XL
Launch site
Sriharikota, India
Countries
India
Mission types
Orbiter

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Chandrayaan-1 launched on a PSLV-XL from Sriharikota

  2. Orbit insertion

    Chandrayaan was put into a 7502 x 504 km lunar polar orbit

    The page dates this within an unbroken sequence following the launch it prints as 2008-10-22, but does not repeat the year. The year is derived from that sequence, not read.

    Moon

  3. Deployment

    The Moon Impact Probe was released

    The page dates this within an unbroken sequence following the launch it prints as 2008-10-22, but does not repeat the year. The year is derived from that sequence, not read.

    Moon

  4. Impact

    The Moon Impact Probe hit the lunar surface near the Moon's south pole

    The page dates this within an unbroken sequence following the launch it prints as 2008-10-22, but does not repeat the year. The year is derived from that sequence, not read.

    Moon

  5. Loss of contact

    Contact was lost abruptly

    The page prints "28 August" and "31 August" without a year, and prints no year later than the 2008 launch anywhere. 2009 is derived as the only August falling within the mission after launch.

    Moon

  6. Mission end

    ISRO announced the mission had been officially terminated

    The year is derived as for the loss of contact; the page does not print it.

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Chandrayaan-1 · Orbiter

    Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Trajectory dataset not yet available

No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.

Provenance

Sources

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Data verified through August 27, 2026