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ISRO admits problem with Chandrayaan-1

Submit on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 05:56

Chandrayaan-1, launched on 22 October 2008, has completed eight months of successful operation and has made 3,000 revolutions around the Moon. The spacecraft also developed a problem with its star tracker. A workaround, which also explains a previously unannounced orbit-raising manoeuvre, has meanwhile been developed.
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