Chandrayaan 1: The Road to Sriharikota

Tantilizingly close to an expected launch to polar orbit of the Earth and TLI to the lowest kind of "permanent" orbit available of the Moon, India's Chandrayaan 1 is reportedly on the way to the pad. With final check-out presumably complete near Bangalore, Chandrayaan should be on the way to the Indian Space Research Organisation's Sriharikota launch facility on the sub-continent's southeastern coast.

After it's transcontinental journey, the lunar probe will be integrated to India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C11. A 50 hour countdown is expected to get underway October 19.