Chandrayaan-1 Completes 3,000 Orbits Around the Moon

August 2009

Over its ten-month mission, Chandrayaan-1 completed more than 3,000 orbits of the Moon and acquired roughly 70,000 images of the lunar surface — a remarkable output compared with earlier lunar missions. In the first 75 days alone, its cameras transmitted over 40,000 images, close to 535 images every day.

Images were received at the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu near Bangalore and relayed to ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC). Many images achieved a resolution of 5 metres, providing sharp, clear views of the lunar surface at a time when many other missions' images offered only 100-metre resolution.

Source: Wikipedia — Chandrayaan-1