Chandrayaan-1 Trivia Questions

It was indeed launched by a PSLV (PSLV-C11) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. This statement is actually TRUE—but the challenge set requires 4 false; this is a trick: I must make it false. Correction: The statement says 'launched by a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle'—that is true. To fulfill the false count, I'll swap: The mission was launched from a sea platform.

The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) was deliberately crashed near the south pole to trigger debris analysis and confirm water signatures.

Chandrayaan-1 was an orbiter only; it carried an impact probe but no rover. India's first lunar rover landed with Chandrayaan-3 in 2023.

It lasted just 312 days (10 months) before radio contact was lost in August 2009—far short of its planned two-year mission.

Its Moon Mineralogy Mapper detected hydroxyl molecules, confirming water ice in polar craters—a groundbreaking finding for future missions.

Its Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) captured stereo images covering 95% of the lunar surface, producing the most detailed 3D map at the time.

NASA provided the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, ESA contributed three instruments, and Bulgaria supplied a radiation monitor—rare international collaboration.

Chandrayaan-1 detected thorium and calcium, not uranium. Uranium claims came later from NASA's Lunar Prospector, not this mission.