[FPSPACE] FW: Chandrayaan-1 successfully launched - next stop: the Moon

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "ESA" <contactesa at esa.int>
>Reply-To: ContactEsa at esa.int
>Subject: Chandrayaan-1 successfully launched - next stop: the Moon
>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:31:17 +0200
>
>Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to the Moon, was successfully launched 
>earlier this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in 
>Sriharikota, India.
>
>The PSLV-C11 rocket, an upgraded version of the Indian Space Research 
>Organization's (ISRO's) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, lifted off at 02:52 
>Central European Summer Time (CEST) and, about 20 minutes later, injected 
>the spacecraft into a highly elongated orbit around the Earth.
>
>Read more at:

>http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMCYMY5KMF_index_0.html
>