Raipur: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair Monday said the successful of Chandrayan-1 mission has enabled the scientific community in the country to get complete picture of moon's surface and that too to an extent of five meter resolution.
"Though several moon missions were there in the past, no mission had provided pictures and data about the entire surface of the moon. However, Chandrayan-1 is the first mission which will give data on the entire surface," Nair said.
"It is also sending pictures of moon's surface to the extent of five meter resolution, which no other country is currently getting. Even the US is not getting that quality of picture of Moon," Nair said.
Nair said even the US, the leading country in the field of space science research, is getting pictures of moon's surface in 100 meters resolutions.
Speaking at a talk on 'Indian Space Programme' the ISRO chief said, the pictures sent by the mission would help India exploring the Moon's surface in a better way and identifying minerals on the surface.
"In last two months Chandrayan-1 has sent more than 40,000 images to the base station," Nair said.
Nair said the Indian Space agency would be able to complete manned moon mission by 2015 AD and added that the transponder capacity would be increased to 500 by the end of 11th plan period. At present ISRO is operating 211 transponders.
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