Mars orbiter mission
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THE RED PLANET……
“In more than one respect, the exploring of the Solar System and homesteading other worlds constitutes the beginning, much more than the end, of history.”
-- CARL SAGAN
Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. The condition in Mars are believed to be hospitable since the planet is similar to Earth in many ways. Some of the major similarities are shown here.
ABOUT MOM……
Mission type Mars orbiter
Operator ISRO
COSPAR ID 2013-060A
SATCAT No. 39370
Mission duration 6 months (planned)
Bus I-1K
Launch date 5 November 2013, 09:08 UTC
Rocket PSLV-XL C25
Launch site Satish Dhawan FLP
Reference system Areocentric
Periapsis 421.7 km (262.0 mi)
Apoapsis 76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi)
Inclination 150.0°
Period 72 hours 51 minutes 51 seconds
Orbital insertion 24 September 2014, 02:00 UTC
MANGALYAAN……The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft" from Sanskrit मंगल mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle"), is a spacecraft orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The mission is a "technology demonstrator" project to develop the technologies for design, planning, management, and operations of an interplanetary mission. It carries five instruments that will help advance knowledge about Mars to achieve its secondary, scientific, objective.
MISSION PLAN……Mission planning is done in conjunction with the defined mission objectives. The Mars Mission can be envisaged as a rendezvous problem. The rendezvous mission consists of following three phases:
1. Geo Centric Phase2. Helio Centric Phase3. Martian Phase