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发帖数: 1233 | 1 By Peter B. de Selding
Space News Staff Writer
posted: 22 October 2008
11:11 a.m. ET
PARIS - India's first space mission beyond Earth orbit was launched
successfully Wednesday (Local Time) when an upgraded version of India's
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) placed the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter
into an elliptical transfer orbit, the Indian Space Research Organization (
ISRO) announced.
The 3,042-pound (1,380-kg) Chandrayaan-1, carrying 11 experiments including
three from the European Space |
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