Chandrayaan-1 : Getting nearer now

Lunar Orbit2 - 100 x 5000 km - Lunar Capture - Initial Orbit – 9-Nov-2008

- The first lunar orbit reduction was performed on 09-Nov-2008 at 8:03pm IST to lower Chandrayaan-1 closer to the surface of the moon. Now the orbit is an elliptical 200 x 7502 km around the moon.

- It seemed after the lunar orbit was achieved yesterday interest waned or the ISRO PR chaps were too busy. Only a few articles appeared on the WWW about the lowering; Sify had a detailed report (which was updated after ISRO send out its press release :-)

- The Hindu reported a day later on 10-Nov, the same day that ISRO had it's news out.

- Now I expect only one last step remains to put Chandrayaan-1 into the required orbit of 100 x 100 km. I look forward to further photos and operational data and ISRO analysis. Then begins some real excitement!