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Chandrayaan-1 enters lunar orbit
Chandrayaan-1, operated by ISRO of India, enters lunar orbit on 2008-11-08. India’s first lunar mission. Its instruments contributed to the detection of water across the surface; contact was lost less than a year in.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Chandrayaan-1 · mission · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Chandrayaan programme mission record
Launch, orbit and landing dates and the Vikram touchdown position.
Indian Space Research Organisation · Partly verified
ISRO mission reporting for the Chandrayaan series