The orbit of Chandrayaan-1, which was at a height of 100 km from the moon since November 2008, has been raised to 200 km. Manoeuvres to raise the orbit were performed between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
According to a release from the Indian Space Research Organisation, Chandrayaan-1 going round the moon in this higher orbit will facilitate further studies of orbit perturbations and gravitation field variations of the moon, and imaging a wider swath of the lunar surface.
Over the past seven months, all the 11 payloads on board the spacecraft were successfully put into operation and data of excellent quality were obtained, the release said. Scientists from India and international agencies were analysing the data, and several interesting results were obtained, it said.
The scientific data is being archived and disseminated from the Indian Space Science Data Centre at Byalalu, near Bangalore.
The spacecraft operations are being performed at the Satellite Control Centre of the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bangalore and the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu.
Chandrayaan-1 was put into orbit on October 22, 2008.
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Kisi ne poocha kyon orbit ko uttaya? Samjo pahele baadh me likho.
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