Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 18 : The countdown to the launch of Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned moon mission to be launched on October 22, will start on Monday.

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Associate Director M Y S Prasad said, "The countdown will start on Monday early morning."

On Friday, the spacecraft was moved to the launch pad.

Prasad said that preparatory activities, including checking of various parameters in payloads, to start the countdown are going on.

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