Chandrayaan-1 develops trouble, sensors fail: ISRO
New Delhi, Jul 17: Chandrayaan -1, India's first moon mission which was launched 7 months ago has suffered a critical malfunction that may pose a threat the mission, sources said.
Sources also said, a key sensor onboard the spacecraft developed a technical fault due to the thermal radiation.
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According
to
Indian
Space
Research
Organization
(ISRO),
Chandrayaan-1
achieved
all
of
its
mission
objectives
before
the
malfunction
was
detected.
But
the
spacecraft
has
entered
lunar
orbit
last
Nov
2008
can
no
longer
orient
itself
with
high
precision.
Speaking to the media, ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair revealed that a key sensor onboard India's moon mission has malfunctioned. He also said, however Chandrayaan-1 had achieved all of its mission objectives before the malfunction was detected.
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