India has launched its debut mission to Mars on November 5, 2013 projected by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It is India's first steps to interplanetary assignment to the red planet Mars along the designated helio-centric trajectory with the objective to develop the independent technologies for enabling deep space communication, navigation, operation and management of an interplanetary system towards establishment of low cost interplanetary mission. This mission also has the objective to explore Mars surface features, morphology and mineralogy. Adding feather to its success, on April 09, 2014 the spacecraft has crossed the half-way mark of its journey to the red planet. Good news is that on June 11, 2014 ISRO has successfully tested the second Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM-2) by firing the spacecraft’s 22 Newton thrusters for a duration of 16 seconds. And another good news is that the spacecraft and its five scientific instruments are in good health.
Current Status on India's mission to Mars project
As on June 12, 2014 the spacecraft so far has traveled a distance of 466 million kilometer as part of its total Journey of 680 million kilometer. Also the spacecraft and its five scientific instruments all are in good health. This mission has also registered world records for two things:1. For low budget of the program which is less than 10% of its total budged for INR 450,00,00,000.00 which is also less than 0.01% of total of India’s annual budget.
2. India’s orbiter first placed in some epical Earth orbit. Which lifted its five instruments through six burns of the motors in just 25 days.
Keeping finger crossed for it's grand success. Jai ho!
Courtesy: ISRO MARS ORBITER MISSION Advertisements:
