Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the Moon. The spacecraft carries 11 scientific instruments built in India, USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.

After the successful completion of all the major mission objectives, the orbit has been raised to 200 km during May 2009.

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Mission	Remote Sensing, Planetary Science
Weight	1380 kg (Mass at lift off)
Onboard power	700 Watts
Stabilization	3 - axis stabilised using reaction wheel and attitude control thrusters, sun sensors, star sensors, fibre optic gyros and accelerometers for attitude determination.
Payloads	Scientific Payloads from India Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI) Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI) High Energy X - ray Spectrometer (HEX) Moon Impact Probe(MIP) Scientific Payloads from abroad Chandrayaan-I  X-ray Spectrometer (CIXS) Near Infrared Spectrometer (SIR - 2) Sub keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA) Miniature Synthetic Aperature Radar (Mini SAR) Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Radiation Dose Monitor (RADOM)
Launch Date	22 October 2008
Launch Site	SDSC, SHAR, Sriharikota
Launch Vehicle	PSLV  C11
Orbit	100 km x 100 km : Lunar Orbit
Mission life	2 Years