'The motor on board Chandrayaan-1 was fired at 7.45 pm for 805 seconds, which successfuly put the spacecraft into lunar orbit,' Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Director S. Satish announced.

Chandrayaan-1, which was launched on Oct 22, entered the moon's space on Tuesday after orbiting the earth for several days.

Mission controllers hope the spacecraft's orbit will stabilise in about a week, said Mr Satish at the ISRO headquarters in Bangalore.

It is then expected to send a probes to the moon's surface to carry out tests. -- AFP