(image 1) taken at 8:00 am IST from a height of 9,000 km shows the Northern coast of Australia.
-> (image 2) taken at 12:30 pm from a height of 70,000 km shows Australia’s Southern Coast.
ISRO Receives first Image from Chandrayaan Space craft on the way to Moon. First imagery was received by the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) at Byalalu after a series of commands issued by Spacecraft Control Centre of ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore. It was later processed by Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) confirms excellent performance of the Terrain Mapping camera.
Terrain Mapping camera (TMC), one of the payloads on board Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was successfully operated on October 29, 2008. The camera can take black and white pictures of an object by recording the visible light reflected from it. The instrument has a resolution of about 5 meters.
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