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Will India's Chandrayaan-1 probe successfully send data from lunar orbit?
An Indian probe landed on the moon on Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced, in a milestone for the country's 45-year-old space programme.
The probe touched down on the moon at 8:34pm (1504 GMT), 25 minutes after it was ejected from an unmanned spacecraft orbiting the moon, spokesman S. Satish said.
"During its descent from Chandrayaan-1 an onboard video camera transmitted lunar pictures to the ISRO command centre," Satish said in the southern Indian city of Bangalore where the national space agency is headquartered.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hvJZvZknlAx4TFIeMvBzQr_KsPOw
Background:
This question will settle as a "yes" if the Chandrayaan-1 is successfully launched, enters lunar orbit, and is able to send back lunar data from orbit.
If the launch is delayed, settlement will be postponed until whenever the mission occurs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Suspend date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sat 15th Nov 2008 11:35pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 14th Nov 2008 7:05am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 80%
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""During its descent from Chandrayaan-1 an onboard video camera transmitted lunar pictures to the ISRO command centre," Satish said in the southern Indian city of Bangalore where the national space agency is headquartered."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hvJZvZknlAx4TFIeMvBzQr_KsPOw
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: According to this article, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hvJZvZknlAx4TFIeMvBzQr_KsPOw, the probe sent images while it was descending from orbit, not actually from lunar orbit. 
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: An Indian probe landed on the moon on Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced, in a milestone for the country's 45-year-old space programme.
The probe touched down on the moon at 8:34pm (1504 GMT), 25 minutes after it was ejected from an unmanned spacecraft orbiting the moon, spokesman S. Satish said.
"During its descent from Chandrayaan-1 an onboard video camera transmitted lunar pictures to the ISRO command centre," Satish said in the southern Indian city of Bangalore where the national space agency is headquartered.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hvJZvZknlAx4TFIeMvBzQr_KsPOw
Suspend date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sat 15th Nov 2008 11:35pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 14th Nov 2008 7:05am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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