India's space agency (IRSO) has launched an unmanned lunar probe, Oct 22 2008. It carries several experiments, including an impactor, as well as several other international packages.
An overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1
Mission official homepage:
http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan/htmls/home.htm
NSSDC:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2008-052A
India's Chandrayaan-1
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Topic authorLordFerret
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Re: India's Chandrayaan-1
The more, the merrier. 
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BobHegwood wrote:The more, the merrier.
Absolutely! Unless LRO gets delayed past Chang'e-2 or Chandrayaan-2's launch, it'll be next.
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