Indian Space Capabilities

[Daedalus]

 

[Gessler]

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Congrats to the guys who designed it's algorithms.

 

[indiatester]

^^^
The fuel saved by avoiding the above will be useful in extending the life of the mission (if TMI goes well)

 

[IND151]

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission to cross a major mile stone on Wednesday | idrw.org

 

[SRP]

Mars orbiter spacecraft crosses half-way mark

(ISRO release | Unedited)

Today (April 09, 2014) at 9:50 am IST, India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft crossed the half-way mark of its journey to the Red Planet along the designated helio-centric trajectory.

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November 05, 2013. On December 01, 2013, Trans Mars Injection manoeuvre was conducted successfully and the Spacecraft was set in its course towards Planet Mars through a helio-centric trajectory. Soon after the Spacecraft crossed the sphere of influence of Earth, a Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) was performed successfully on December 11, 2013.

ISRO has been continuously monitoring the Spacecraft using its Deep Space Network complemented by that of NASA-JPL. As the Spacecraft is on its designated trajectory, the TCM planned for April 2014 is not considered essential. If required, the next TCM is planned to be carried out in June 2014.

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft and its five scientific instruments are in good health. Periodic tests are being done on the different levels of autonomy built into the Spacecraft for managing contingencies.

At present, the radio distance between the Spacecraft and the Earth is 39 million km. A signal from the Earth to the Spacecraft and back to Earth takes 4 minutes and 15 seconds. Soon, the High Gain Antenna of the Spacecraft will be put in service for handling communications with the ground stations.

The Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) manoeuvre would be performed on September 24, 2014.

Source: Tarmak007

 

[IND151]

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[IND151]

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[IND151]

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[IND151]

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[IND151]

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[HariPrasad]

Mars orbiter spacecraft crosses half-way mark

(ISRO release | Unedited)

Today (April 09, 2014) at 9:50 am IST, India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft crossed the half-way mark of its journey to the Red Planet along the designated helio-centric trajectory.

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November 05, 2013. On December 01, 2013, Trans Mars Injection manoeuvre was conducted successfully and the Spacecraft was set in its course towards Planet Mars through a helio-centric trajectory. Soon after the Spacecraft crossed the sphere of influence of Earth, a Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) was performed successfully on December 11, 2013.

ISRO has been continuously monitoring the Spacecraft using its Deep Space Network complemented by that of NASA-JPL. As the Spacecraft is on its designated trajectory, the TCM planned for April 2014 is not considered essential. If required, the next TCM is planned to be carried out in June 2014.

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft and its five scientific instruments are in good health. Periodic tests are being done on the different levels of autonomy built into the Spacecraft for managing contingencies.

At present, the radio distance between the Spacecraft and the Earth is 39 million km. A signal from the Earth to the Spacecraft and back to Earth takes 4 minutes and 15 seconds. Soon, the High Gain Antenna of the Spacecraft will be put in service for handling communications with the ground stations.

The Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) manoeuvre would be performed on September 24, 2014.

Source: Tarmak007

The Important thing is that some of the trajectory correction maneuvers planned are found unnecessary. this mean that fuel will be saved so long life of spacecraft.

 

[IND151]

Trajectory Correction of Mars Mission Likely by June 11 | idrw.org

 

[IND151]

Experimental mission of GSLV Mark III in July/August | idrw.org

 

[RPK]

MOM Status Update

ISRO's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has traveled more than 460 million km distance in its 680 million km elliptical trajectory around Sun.
MOM is now at a distance of about 100 million km from planet Earth. The two way radio communication delay is approximately 11 minutes.

 

[Sam Manekshaw]