Mission Profile

• Destination: Moon
• Spacecraft: Chandrayaan-1, India
• Launch date: March 2008
• Launch Vehicle: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, India
• Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC), India
• Cruise Time: 5.5 days
• Lunar Orbit: 100 km, polar
• Mission Duration: 2 years (four 2-month optimal imaging geometry with global access)
• Ground Station: Bangalore, India
• Science Data: Indian Space Research Organization to JPL to Science Team

• Single detector with spectral range 400 to 3000 nm
• 640-spatial-element detector
• Offner spectrometer
• All-aluminum optics
• Single electron-beam grating
• Mass <10kg
• Power <13 W
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • 400 at the equator with a 0 solar zenith
  • 100 in the polar regions with an 80 solar zenith
• Field of View: 40 km
• Imaging Modes:
  • Global (140-meter resolution)
  • Targeted (70-meter resolution)

Brown University
   Carl� Pieters, Principal Investigator
   James Head
   Jack Mustard

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
   Rob Green
   Bonnie Buratti

College of Charleston
   Cassandra Runyon

Science Applications International Corporation
   Stefanie Tompkins

University of Maryland
   Jessica Sunshine

Analytical Imaging and Geophysics, LLC
   Joseph Boardman

University of Tennessee
   Larry Taylor

Planetary Science Institute
   Matt Staid

U.S. Geological Service
   Roger Clark

Seattle
   Tom McCord