Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) onboard Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is operational
Media Release
Oct. 31, 2008

Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore successfully operated the TMC through a series of commands.

Analysis of the first imagery received by the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) at Byalalu and later processed by Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) confirmed excellent performance of the camera.

The first imagery taken at 8 am IST from a height of 9,000 km shows the northern coast of Australia while the other taken at 12.30 pm IST from a height of 70,000 km shows Australia's southern coast.

TMC is one of the eleven scientific instruments (payloads) ofChandrayaan-1. The camera can take black and white pictures of an object by recording the visible light reflected from it. The instrument has are solution of about 5m.

Besides TMC, the other four Indian payloads of Chandrayaan-1 are the HyperSpectral Imager (HySI), Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI), High EnergyX-ray Spectrometer (HEX) and the Moon Impact Probe (MIP). The other six payloads of Chandrayaan-1 are from abroad.

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