{"id":35595,"date":"2015-06-25T14:14:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T14:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=35595"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:18:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:48:33","slug":"mars-orbiter-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/mars-orbiter-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars Orbiter Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mars-Orbiter-Mission.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35661\" src=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mars-Orbiter-Mission-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Orbiter Mission\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mars-Orbiter-Mission-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Mars-Orbiter-Mission.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the PM said, the mission was bound to succeed as far as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was there. The cheapest interplanetary mission, with a cost of only INR 450 Cr in comparison to NASA&#8217;s Maven Orbiter that costed almost 10 times, was also the one to get successful on its first attempt. The orbiter, with a payload of only 1340 kg, was the result of constant sweat and determination of 15,000 personnel and has now reached another milestone, completing its 100th orbit around Mars, a feat achieved on June 22, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know briefly about the timeline of MOM :<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<em><strong>5th<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0Nov, 2013 :<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) &#8211; C25 is launched from\u00a0<strong>Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh)\u00a0<\/strong>carrying with it MOM orbiter&#8217;s payload.<\/p>\n<p>2.<em><strong>5th<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0Nov, 2013 &#8211; 30th Nov, 2013 :\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>MOM is subjected to 6\u00a0<em>Earth Bound\u00a0Manoeuvres\u00a0<\/em>, an important task to bring the velocity of MOM close to escape velocity of earth i.e. 11.2 km\/s, by firing its propellant packs<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<em><strong>1st Dec, 2013 :\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>MOM reaches\u00a0<em>Trans Mars Injection\u00a0<\/em>point whereby it reaches its escape velocity and leaves Earth&#8217;s orbit.<\/p>\n<p>4. <b><i>1st Dec, 2013 &#8211; 24th Sept, 2014 :\u00a0<\/i><\/b><i><\/i>MOM travels for around 300 days to reach near the orbit of Mars while covering close to 680 million kms. In between, about 3\u00a0<em>Trajectory Correction Manoeuvres\u00a0<\/em>are performed to keep it on designated path.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<em><strong>24th Sept, 2014 :\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>MOM is subjected to\u00a0<em>Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI)\u00a0<\/em>whereby the speed is reduced in order to fit into Mars&#8217; orbit. Finally, the successful completion of the mission is declared by Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar and an inspiring speech by PM Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>cheapest interplanetary mission,\u00a0<\/em>one where even China failed to achieve success, was also the greenest (used least amount of energy, and that too eco-friendly). Now, as the\u00a0<strong>Technical Objective\u00a0<\/strong>has been achieved, the effort is focused on to the\u00a0<strong>Scientific Objective\u00a0<\/strong>i.e. to collect relevant data from Mars. For this, it has 5 essential components:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<strong><em>Lyman Alpha Photometer :<\/em><\/strong> to study water on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<em><strong>Mars Color Camera :<\/strong><\/em> to capture images, study weather and moons of Mars.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<em><strong>Methane Sensor :<\/strong><\/em> to do its namesake.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<em><strong>Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA) :\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>to study existing elements and find possibility of new elements.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<em><strong>Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS) :\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>to study surface composition and mineralogy.<\/p>\n<p>A small leap of faith in the potential of our countrymen thus becomes a giant manouevre for country&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/certifications\">Click here for government certifications<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the PM said, the mission was bound to succeed as far as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was there. 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