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Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) to an
apogee height of 1,18,642 km on November 12 was cause for celebration, there's more to come.
The apogee of the
MOM will soon be raised to 2,00,000 km. For the uninitiated, apogee is the farthest point in the orbital plane of a satellite around the earth - calculated from the centre of the earth. The perigee is the nearest point.
After overcoming a hiccup in its fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had increased the apogee from 778,276 km to 1,18,642 km.
According to
Isro scientists, the next
orbit raising will take the spacecraft to apogee height of about two lakh km. While the intended apogee will be 1,92,000 km, scientists expect the apogee to be raised up to two lakh km.
"After that, the desired departure conditions will arrive on December 1st and Trans-Mars Injection manoeuvre is scheduled," Isro scientists informed.
When the planned orbit-raising from 71,623 km took the apogee to only 78,276 km there was concern about how the MOM was doing. Putting to rest all speculation, ISRO had announced that the spacecraft was in normal health.
Mars mission next step: Apogee to be raised to 2,00,000 km - The Times of India
whats there for India that China can provide which ESA or NASA or Russians cant? Any ways India and China are on two completely different paths when it comes to space research. China is trying to compete with the west, we are not. Indian space program is just for the betterment for its citizen and we are not in a race with anyone, thats why you see everyone working with us, teaching us, guiding us.
Mangal yaan is an example of frugal engineering of India. No other country can conceive such mission. The mission was conceptualized and effected in Just 15 months at a fraction of cost of what others may have to spent on such a mission.