The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft", from Sanskrit: मंगल mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle"), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is India's first interplanetary mission and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and the European Space Agency. It is the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
The Mars Orbiter Mission probe lifted-off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota Range SHAR), Andhra Pradesh, using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket C25 at 09:08 UTC on 5 November 2013. The launch window was approximately 20 days long and started on 28 October 2013 The MOM probe spent about a month in Earth orbit, where it made a series of seven apogee-raising orbital manoeuvres before trans-Mars injection on 30 November 2013 (UTC). After a 298-day transit to Mars, it was successfully inserted into Mars orbit on 24 September 2014.
The mission is a "technology demonstrator" project to develop the technologies for designing, 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. The spacecraft is currently being monitored from the Spacecraft Control Centre at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore with support from Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennae at Byalalu.
Names : Mangalyaan
Mission type : Mars orbiter
Operator: ISRO
COSPAR ID: 2013-060A
SATCAT №: 39370
Website: www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c25-mars-orbiter-mission
Mission duration Planned: 6 months
Elapsed: 3 years, 18 days
Spacecraft properties:
Bus: I-1K
Manufacturer: ISAC
Launch mass: 1,337.2 kg (2,948 lb)
BOL mass: ≈550 kg (1,210 lb)
Dry mass: 482.5 kg (1,064 lb)
Payload mass: 13.4 kg (30 lb)
Dimensions: 1.5 m (4.9 ft) cube
Power: 840 watts
Start of mission
Launch date: 5 November 2013, 09:08 UTC
Rocket: PSLV-XL C25
Launch site: Satish Dhawan FLP
Contractor: ISRO
Mars orbiter
Orbital insertion : 24 September 2014, 02:00 UTC
MSD : 50027 06:27 AMT
2 years, 2 months
Orbit parameters
Periareon : 421.7 km (262.0 mi)
Apoareon: 76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi)
Inclination : 150.0°
Instruments
MCC : Mars Colour Camera
TIS : Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
MSM : Methane Sensor for Mars
MENCA: Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser
LAP : Lyman Alpha Photometer
Source: Wikipedia
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