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Chandrayaan-1

India's first lunar exploration mission
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Summary

Chandrayaan-1 is a lunar orbiter[1]. Chandrayaan-1 draws 859 Wikipedia views per month (lunar orbiter category, ranking #3 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: India[3]
  • Owned by: Indian Space Research Organisation[4]
  • Operator: Indian Space Research Organisation[5]
  • Followed by: Chandrayaan-2[6]
  • Part of: Chandrayaan programme[7]
  • Commons category: Chandrayaan-1[8]
  • Space launch vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL[9]
  • Has part(s): Moon Impact Probe[10], Terrain Mapping Camera[11], Hyper Spectral Imager[12], Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument[13], High Energy X-ray spectrometer[14], Moon Mineralogy Mapper[15], SIR-2[16], Sub-keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer[17], Miniature Synthetic Aperature Radar[18], Radiation Dose Monitor-7[19], Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer[20]
  • UTC date of spacecraft launch: October 22, 2008[21]
  • Significant event: rocket launch[22], trans-lunar injection[23]
  • Official website: https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/chandrayaan-1[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chandrayaan-1[25]
  • Commons gallery: Chandrayaan-1[26]
  • Start point: Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad[27]
  • Mass: 1380 kg[28]
  • Power consumed: 750 watt[29]

Why It Matters

Chandrayaan-1 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Chandrayaan-1 is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Chandrayaan-2 India lunar orbiter Moon Impact Probe Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . isro.gov.in. isro.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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