ESA report on India's first Moon launch
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.
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