India will launch its first moon mission Chandrayaan-I in 2007-2008 during which the world would see similar endeavours by China, Japan, US and Europe, opening new vistas for mutually beneficial cooperation, a senior Indian space scientist said on Thursday.

“Chandrayaan-I is a lunar polar orbiter designed for chemical, mineralogic and topographic mapping of the lunar surface. It will provide complete coverage of the moon from an altitude of about 100 km during its observation period of two years planned in 2008-2010,” said Bhandari, also President of International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG).