India's first lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 lifts off
22/10/2008 9:39
India's first lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 lifted off from Sriharikot in
southern Andhra Pradesh, at 6:20 am (0050 GMT) today, according to NDTV.
Chandrayaan-1, with 11 scientific instruments (payloads), including six
foreign and five Indian, is the first spacecraft mission of Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) beyond Earth orbit.
Xinhua
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