Extremely proud and excited for one of the greatest achievement in the history of #IndianSpaceMovement . We salute the entire team of scientists in #ISRO for making #MOM a landmark in the history of space research. Of all the planets in the solar system, Mars has sparked the greatest human interest. The conditions in Mars are believed to be hospitable since the planet is similar to Earth in many ways. For ages, humans have been speculating about life on Mars. However, the question that is to be still answered is whether Mars has a biosphere or ever had an environment in which life could have evolved and sustained. Mars Orbiter Mission #MOM #MarsOrbiterMission , is Indias first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit. The Mission is primarily technological mission considering the critical mission operations and stringent requirements on propulsion and other bus systems of spacecraft. One of the main objectives of the first Indian mission to Mars is to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission. Following are the major objectives of the mission: A. Technological Objectives: Design and realisation of a Mars orbiter with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound manoeuvres, cruise phase of 300 days, Mars orbit insertion / capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars. Deep space communication, navigation, mission planning and management. Incorporate autonomous features to handle contingency situations. B. Scientific Objectives: Exploration of Mars surface features, morphology, mineralogy and Martian atmosphere by indigenous scientific instruments. Date 24-09-2014 Spacecraft Successfully enters Martian Orbit Burn Start of Main Liquid Engine Confirmed The radio link between the Spacecraft and Earth is now blocked by Mars. Eclipse starts - The Spacecraft is in shadow of Mars Forward rotation starts Changed Over to Medium Gain Antenna 22-09-2014 Test Firing of Main Liquid Engine of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is Successful. 17-09-2014 Uploading of commands for Fourth Trajectory Correction Manoeuver and test-firing of Main Liquid Engine (scheduled for Sep 22, 2014) is in progress. 16-09-2014 Time-tagged commands to execute Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) uploaded. 15-09-2014 Time-tagged commands to execute Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) uploading and verification in progress. Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) is scheduled on Sep 24, 2014 early morning. 12-06-2014 The second Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM-2) of Indias Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was successfully performed on June 11, 2014 at 1630 hrs IST. TCM-2 was performed by firing the spacecraft’s 22 Newton thrusters for a duration of 16 seconds. At present, the radio distance between the Spacecraft and the Earth is 102 million km. A radio signal from the Earth to the Spacecraft now takes about 340 seconds. The spacecraft so far has traveled a distance of 466 million km as part of its total Journey of 680 million km. ISRO is continuously monitoring Mars Orbiter Spacecraft using Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN). The spacecraft and its five scientific instruments are in good health. 09-04-2014 Mars Orbiter Spacecraft Crosses Half Way Mark of its Journey. 11-02-2014 100 Days Of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft. 11-12-2013 The first Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) of Spacecraft was carried out successfully at 06:30 hrs (IST) by firing the 22 Newton Thrusters for a duration of 40.5 seconds. The spacecraft is travelling at a distance of about 29 lakh (2.9 million) km away from Earth. 04-12-2013 Spacecraft has traversed beyond the Sphere of Influence (SOI) of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km at around 1:14 hrs (IST) on Dec 4, 2013. 02-12-2013 Spacecraft has travelled a distance of 5,36,000 km by 17:00 hrs (IST) of Dec 2, 2013. It has crossed the distance to Moons orbit around Earth (mean distance 3,85,000 km) this morning. 01-12-2013 Medium Gain Antenna of the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is powered for long distance communication, subsequent to successful Trans Mars Injection (TMI) manoeuvre Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operations completed successfully. The liquid engine burn time was 1328.89 sec and the imparted incremental velocity was 647.96 m/sec. Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operations in progress. Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operation began at 00:49 hrs (IST) on Sunday Dec 01, 2013. Forward rotation of spacecraft, to put it into the right orientation to perform Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operation has been completed successfully at 00:30 hrs IST on Dec 1, 2013 16-11-2013 The fifth orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 01:27 hrs(IST) on Nov 16, 2013, with a burn Time of 243.5 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 118642km to 192874km. 12-11-2013 Fourth supplementary orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 05:03:50 hrs(IST) on Nov 12, 2013, with a burn Time of 303.8 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 78276km to 118642km. 11-11-2013 In the fourth orbit-raising operation conducted this morning (Nov 11, 2013), the apogee (farthest point to Earth) of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was raised from 71,623 km to 78,276 km by imparting an incremental velocity of 35 metres/second (as against 130 metres/second originally planned to raise apogee to about 100,000 [1 lakh] km). The spacecraft is in normal health . 09-11-2013 The third orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 02:10:43 hrs(IST) on Nov 09, 2013, with a burn time of 707 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 40186km to 71636km. 08-11-2013 The second orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 02:18:51 hrs(IST) on Nov 08, 2013, with a burn time of 570.6 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 28814 km to 40186 km. 07-11-2013 The first orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 01:17 hrs(IST) on Nov 07, 2013 has been successfully completed More. 05-11-2013 #PSLV-C25, in its twenty fifth flight, successfully launches Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft from #SDSC #SHAR #Sriharikota ISRO Sachin Tendulkar Salman khan Aamir Khan Shah Rukh Khan Amitabh Bachchan Indrans Igloo Signatures Mammootty Mohanlal Jayaram #IglooSignatures #IglooAppSchool #IglooInnovations #IndianSpaceResearchOrganisation #Bangalore #ISROIndia #ISROBangalore
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