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Link: ISRO to map lunar surface.
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): The Indian space agency will map the entire surface of the moon in two years, a top official said here on Wednesday, hours after the launch of the country's first unmanned mission to the moon.
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Chandrayaan-1, with a life expectancy of two years, is scheduled to orbit the moon from November 8 onwards.
Speaking about the Rs 3.86 billion mission, Nair said: "It is a historic moment. The mission has opened a new chapter in the Indian as well as global space community."
He said the performance of all the subsystems were on expected lines.
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Chandrayaan is world's 68th moon mission(...)
Chandrayaan-1 project director M. Annadurai said: "The moon impact probe (MIP) is expected to hit the moon surface around November 15," Chandrayaan-1 Project Director M Annadurai said. The probe will carry the Indian tricolour to the moon....
