text: India and Europe team up for moon mission
  
  March 22, 2005 
  
  The European Space Agency (ESA) Council approved a cooperation agreement on March 17 between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the ESA for India's Chandrayan-1 moon satellite mission. The Chandrayan-1 will be India's first moon mission attempt. 
  Europe will, under the agreement, provide and support three instruments for the lunar explorer: CIXS-2, Chandrayan-1 Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer; SARA; a Sub-keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer, and SIR-2, a Near-Infrared Spectrometer. Europe will support hardware for the HEX, High-Energy X-ray Spectrometer. Data from these instruments will be turned over to the ESA for distribution to ESA member states. These instruments are the same as the ones carried onboard ESA's SMART-1 moon exploration spacecraft. 
  ISRO plans to launch the half-ton Chandrayan sometime before 2008 for a two year mission to study the solar system and the Moon. The satellite will be boosted by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
tokens: India and Europe team up for moon mission March 22 , 2005 The European Space Agency ( ESA ) Council approved a cooperation agreement on March 17 between the Indian Space Research Organization ( ISRO ) and the ESA for India 's Chandrayan-1 moon satellite mission . The Chandrayan-1 will be India 's first moon mission attempt . Europe will , under the agreement , provide and support three instruments for the lunar explorer : CIXS-2 , Chandrayan-1 Imaging X - Ray Spectrometer ; SARA ; a Sub - keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer , and SIR-2 , a Near - Infrared Spectrometer . Europe will support hardware for the HEX , High - Energy X - ray Spectrometer . Data from these instruments will be turned over to the ESA for distribution to ESA member states . These instruments are the same as the ones carried onboard ESA 's SMART-1 moon exploration spacecraft . ISRO plans to launch the half - ton Chandrayan sometime before 2008 for a two year mission to study the solar system and the Moon . The satellite will be boosted by India 's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle .
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