Chandrayaan-1 mission

· Chandrayaan-1 India's maiden moon mission
· Chandrayaan-1 an unmanned mission, has two-year life
· Chandrayaan-1 carries 11 scientific instruments
· Chandrayaan-1 weighs 1400 kg on Earth
· Chandrayaan-1 to weigh 560 kg in moon orbit
· Mission to map moon's surface
· Mission to look for water on moon
· Mission to look for energy sources like Helium-3
· Chandrayaan-1 to look for minerals on moon
· India sixth country to launch moon mission
· Moon mission cost: Rs 386 crore
· India's moon mission has 14 international partners
· India flying instruments from Nasa, European Space Agency
· Chandrayaan-1 to plant Tricolour on moon
· US, Russia, Japan have planted flags on moonChronology of Indian satellite launches It was a historic moment for India as the country launched its first unmanned mission, Chandrayaan-1 to the moon. As India's first lunar mission settled into its chosen orbit successfully, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair described the launch as "perfect" which was achieved after "fighting against all odds".