Mars Orbiter Mission
Mars Orbiter Mission
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft"), is a Mars orbiter that was successfully launched into Earth orbit on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).The mission is a "technology demonstrator" project aiming to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission.
The Mars Orbiter Mission probe lifted-off from the First Launch Pad at Sriharikota near Chennai, using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket C25 at 09:08 UTC (2:38 PM IST) on 5 November 2013. The launch window was approximately 20 days long and started on 28 October 2013.[5] The Mars Orbiter Mission is India's first interplanetary mission. If successful, ISRO would become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and ESA.[14]
The MOM probe is currently in Earth orbit where it will make a series of six altitude-raising orbital manoeuvres before a planned insertion into a heliocentric Mars transfer orbit on 30 November 2013.
The MOM mission began with a feasibility study in 2010, after the successful launch of lunar satellite Chandrayaan-1 in 2008.[15] The government of India approved the project on 3 August 2012,[16] after the Indian Space Research Organisation completed 125 crore (US$19 million) of required studies for the orbiter. The total project cost may be up to 454 crore (US$69 million). However, the actual satellite costs only 153 crore (US$23 million). The rest of the budget has been attributed to ground stations and relay upgrades that will be used for other ISRO projects.[19] The space agency had initially planned the launch on 28 October 2013 but was postponed to 5 November 2013 following the inability of ISRO's spacecraft tracking ships to take up pre-determined positions due to poor weather in the Pacific Ocean. Launch opportunities for a fuel-saving Hohmann transfer orbit occur about every 26 months, in this
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft"), is a Mars orbiter that was successfully launched into Earth orbit on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).The mission is a "technology demonstrator" project aiming to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission.
The Mars Orbiter Mission probe lifted-off from the First Launch Pad at Sriharikota near Chennai, using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket C25 at 09:08 UTC (2:38 PM IST) on 5 November 2013. The launch window was approximately 20 days long and started on 28 October 2013.[5] The Mars Orbiter Mission is India's first interplanetary mission. If successful, ISRO would become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and ESA.[14]
The MOM probe is currently in Earth orbit where it will make a series of six altitude-raising orbital manoeuvres before a planned insertion into a heliocentric Mars transfer orbit on 30 November 2013.
The MOM mission began with a feasibility study in 2010, after the successful launch of lunar satellite Chandrayaan-1 in 2008.[15] The government of India approved the project on 3 August 2012,[16] after the Indian Space Research Organisation completed 125 crore (US$19 million) of required studies for the orbiter. The total project cost may be up to 454 crore (US$69 million). However, the actual satellite costs only 153 crore (US$23 million). The rest of the budget has been attributed to ground stations and relay upgrades that will be used for other ISRO projects.[19] The space agency had initially planned the launch on 28 October 2013 but was postponed to 5 November 2013 following the inability of ISRO's spacecraft tracking ships to take up pre-determined positions due to poor weather in the Pacific Ocean. Launch opportunities for a fuel-saving Hohmann transfer orbit occur about every 26 months, in this