India's Mars Orbiter completes second Trajectory Correction Maneuver

[Gandhi G in da house]

Jay baat, Ranjeet aur uske Meme or whatever these are called.

 

[trident2010]

Trajectory corrected, Mars Orbiter now on precise path

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) received another shot in the arm in its ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission when its ground controllers successfully corrected the spacecraft’s trajectory on Wednesday.
This complex trajectory correction manoeuvre (TCM), as it is called, puts the spacecraft on the right celestial path to reach Mars on the scheduled day of September 24. The ground controllers at the ISRO Tracking, Telemetry and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bangalore, corrected the trajectory by radioing commands to the four thrusters of the Orbiter to fire for 16 seconds from 4.30 p.m. The thrusters did so, imparting an incremental velocity of 1.57 metres a second to the spacecraft for its rendezvous with Mars.

ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said the TCM was “precisely done” and “we operated four out of 22 Newton thrusters for 16 seconds” which gave the spacecraft an incremental velocity of 1.574 metres a second. “Reviews are under way. All systems on the Mars Orbiter are normal,” Dr. Radhakrishnan said.

“Everything went perfectly well,” said M. Annadurai, Programme Director, Indian Remote-sensing Satellites and Small Satellites Systems, ISRO. “We are happy because this is, in a way, a simulation for the crucial Mars Orbit Injection (MOI)” that would take place on September 24.

“The MOI will be exactly similar to this except that we fired four small Newton thrusters today. But we will fire the 440-Newton liquid engine [propulsion system] of the spacecraft for the MOI,” he said.

Dr. Annadurai added: “We could not watch today’s manoeuvre because the spacecraft’s orientation will not allow us to see what is happening. Telemetry was not available. The entire manoeuvre was done in the auto mode.”

S. Arunan, Project Director, Mars Orbiter Mission, said: “All the health parameters of the Mars Orbiter are all right. Its payloads have been operated and checked. They are doing well. All the systems and sub-systems are doing well.”


Trajectory corrected, Mars Orbiter now on precise path - The Hindu

 

[kaykay]

Ye hui na baat BC.

 

[Indo-guy]

“we operated four out of 22 Newton thrusters for 16 seconds” which gave the spacecraft an incremental velocity of 1.574 metres a second


" four out of 22 " is clearly evidence of lack of knowledge on part of reporter !

It should have been " 4 motors of 22 Newton power " ....

 

[HariPrasad]

I had almost forgotten this!!................

Waiting till October!!! Wish it all the best.

It is September 24th.

 

[Indo-guy]

It is September 24th.

105 days to go !

 

[IND151]

Jay baat, Ranjeet aur uske Meme or whatever these are called.

Alcohol is not good for health.

So drink this.

Piyush> tasty and healthy.

 

[Indo-guy]

ISRO: Mars Orbiter Mission

TCM-2 of Mars Orbiter Mission completed successfully

• The second Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM-2) of India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was successfully performed on June 11, 2014 at 1630 hrs IST. TCM-2 was performed by firing the spacecraft’s 22 Newton thrusters for a duration of 16 seconds.

• At present, the radio distance between the Spacecraft and the Earth is 102 million km. A radio signal from the Earth to the Spacecraft now takes about 340 seconds. The spacecraft so far has traveled a distance of 466 million km as part of its total Journey of 680 million km.

• ISRO is continuously monitoring Mars Orbiter Spacecraft using Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN). The spacecraft and its five scientific instruments are in good health.

Alcohol is not good for health.

So drink this.

Piyush> tasty and healthy.

Yeh to Suhag raat ko piya jaata hai ....

 

[WAR-rior]

 

[Sergi]

This mission will add colourful feathers to ISRO.
I guess we have to wait few more weeks to get snaps of Mars trip

 

[skysthelimit]

The radio dishes tracking MoM

DSS-43 and DSS-34 dishes tracking Mars Orbiter Mission
The 70-meter DSS-43 and 34-meter DSS-34 dishes of the Canberra Deep Space Network station point toward ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission as the spacecraft prepares to perform a trajectory correction maneuver on June 11, 2014.

DSS-43 and DSS-34 dishes tracking Mars Orbiter Mission | The Planetary Society