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> US payloads on Indian moon mission
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> April 27, 2005 19:39 IST
> Last Updated: April 28, 2005 01:32 IST
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> Two US payloads will ride piggyback on India's first spacecraft to the
> moon to be launched as part of its lunar mission, Chandrayan-I, thus
> strengthening ties between the two sides in space science.
>
> "Discussions are on to decide the final design of the US payloads,"
> official sources said. The design will have to take into consideration
> the carrying capacity of the satellite launch vehicle being used for
> the purpose, they said.
>
> The two US payloads are Mini Synthetic Aperture Radar to map and
> gather data on lunar poles and Moon Mineralogy Mapper will assess
> minerals on the lunar surface, they said.
>
> The data generated by the payloads will be shared by the two
> countries, they said adding some US research institutes have shown
> interest in studying lunar surface.
>
> India has received 30 proposals from other countries for the mission,
> which will be launched in 2007-08. Six payloads have been selected.
> Payloads of UK, Bulgaria, Sweden and Germany will also be carried,
> they said.
>
> http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/apr/27moon.htm
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