Click to play videoNew Delhi: India's first moon mission, Chandrayaan 1, has reached its final orbit.
It has crossed the final frontier and reached its destination of 100 kilometers from the moon.
The lunar craft's engines were fired for 59 seconds at 1830 hours (IST) on Wednesday evening to place it in its final orbit, where it will be positioned for the next two years when experiments will be conducted on understanding the moon's surface.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials monitoring its functioning at the tracking command network in Bangalore said they plan to drop the moon impact probe bearing a painting of the tricolour by late night on November 14.
After that, all equipment such as the laser instruments and high resolution cameras will be switched on one by one everyday.
Chandrayaan is carrying instruments from American and European space agencies and will map the moon's chemical and mineral content over the next two years.
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