Bangalore: Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, carrying 11 scientific instruments, weighs about 1400 kg at the time of its launch and is shaped like a cuboid with a solar panel projecting from one of its sides.
The state-of-the-art subsystems of the spacecraft, some of them miniaturised, facilitate the safe and efficient functioning of its 11 scientific instruments, according to Indian Space Research Organisation.
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