Kinetic
BANNED
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2010
- Messages
- 11,200
- Reaction score
- -33
A big boost to Indian space capabilities. Very few country can go to Mars......
Just 487 million kilometers away....
Isro flying high, all set for Mars mission
Friday, 20 April 2012 00:10
KESTUR VASUKI | BANGALORE
inShare0
After the success story of Chandrayan-1, Bangalore headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is now gearing up for its prestigious mission to Mars. A source in the Isro told The Pioneer that a formal approval from the Government for the Mars mission is expected soon. According to Isro, the Mars Mission will be in 2013 and space scientists are working in this direction to make it possible well within the time frame after the formal approval from the Government.
Isro spokesperson S Satish told The Pioneer that the proposal is awaiting approval from the Government and the Mars mission is targeted for November 2013 which the earliest opportunity is considering earth mars geometry.
The recent annual report of Isro has mentioned that the Mars mission will look at climate, geology, origin from evolution and sustainability of life on the plant. The Mars mission envisages launching an orbiter around Mars using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL). The orbiter will be placed in an orbit of 500x80,000 km around Mars and will have a provision for carrying nearly 25 kg of scientific payloads onboard.
According to the annual report the scientific payloads have been shortlisted by the Isro’s Advisory Committee for Space Sciences (ADCOS) review committee. Baseline, solar array and reflector configuration of the satellite have been finalised. Frequency filing for communication subsystem is under progress.
In another development Isro has signed an MoU with Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore for development and delivery of solar coronagraph payload for its ADITYA-1 project while mechanical configuration of the satellite is in progress. ADITYA-1 is the first space-based solar coronagraph intended to study the outermost region of the sun called corona. ADITYA-1 in the visible and near IR bands will study the Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) such as the coronal magnetic field structures and evolution of the coronal magnetic field and consequently the crucial physical parameters for space weather.
Meanwhile Isro is gearing up to launch its RISAT -1, Radar Imaging Satellite, on April 26 early morning from Sriharikota.
According to Satish, the preparations were on for the launch of this indigenously built satellite which has the capacity to take images of the earth during the day and night as well in any condition.
India had launched RISAT-2, which it bought from Israel for $110 million, on April 20, 2009, and Resourcesat-2 mission took place on the same day last year. Both were successful ventures.
RISAT-1, weighing around 1850 kg, is slated for launch by Isro’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C19 (XL)) into a 536 km orbit. The RISAT-1 will be useful for monitoring of agriculture and water resources management, among other applications. RISAT-1 carries a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, operating in a multi-polarisation and multi-resolution mode to provide images with coarse, fine and high spatial resolutions respectively.
Just 487 million kilometers away....
Isro flying high, all set for Mars mission
Friday, 20 April 2012 00:10
KESTUR VASUKI | BANGALORE
inShare0
After the success story of Chandrayan-1, Bangalore headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is now gearing up for its prestigious mission to Mars. A source in the Isro told The Pioneer that a formal approval from the Government for the Mars mission is expected soon. According to Isro, the Mars Mission will be in 2013 and space scientists are working in this direction to make it possible well within the time frame after the formal approval from the Government.
Isro spokesperson S Satish told The Pioneer that the proposal is awaiting approval from the Government and the Mars mission is targeted for November 2013 which the earliest opportunity is considering earth mars geometry.
The recent annual report of Isro has mentioned that the Mars mission will look at climate, geology, origin from evolution and sustainability of life on the plant. The Mars mission envisages launching an orbiter around Mars using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL). The orbiter will be placed in an orbit of 500x80,000 km around Mars and will have a provision for carrying nearly 25 kg of scientific payloads onboard.
According to the annual report the scientific payloads have been shortlisted by the Isro’s Advisory Committee for Space Sciences (ADCOS) review committee. Baseline, solar array and reflector configuration of the satellite have been finalised. Frequency filing for communication subsystem is under progress.
In another development Isro has signed an MoU with Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore for development and delivery of solar coronagraph payload for its ADITYA-1 project while mechanical configuration of the satellite is in progress. ADITYA-1 is the first space-based solar coronagraph intended to study the outermost region of the sun called corona. ADITYA-1 in the visible and near IR bands will study the Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) such as the coronal magnetic field structures and evolution of the coronal magnetic field and consequently the crucial physical parameters for space weather.
Meanwhile Isro is gearing up to launch its RISAT -1, Radar Imaging Satellite, on April 26 early morning from Sriharikota.
According to Satish, the preparations were on for the launch of this indigenously built satellite which has the capacity to take images of the earth during the day and night as well in any condition.
India had launched RISAT-2, which it bought from Israel for $110 million, on April 20, 2009, and Resourcesat-2 mission took place on the same day last year. Both were successful ventures.
RISAT-1, weighing around 1850 kg, is slated for launch by Isro’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C19 (XL)) into a 536 km orbit. The RISAT-1 will be useful for monitoring of agriculture and water resources management, among other applications. RISAT-1 carries a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, operating in a multi-polarisation and multi-resolution mode to provide images with coarse, fine and high spatial resolutions respectively.
