ISRO's Mars Mission Gets Green Signal

[JanjaWeed]

India is all set to give the go-ahead for an ambitious mission to Mars, expected in November next year, a top Space Department official said here today.

"A lot of studies have been done on the possible mission to Mars", Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Radhakrishnan told reporters here.

"We have come to the last phase of approvals", he said. "And I am sure that, maybe soon, we will be hearing an announcement on the Mars mission".

According to ISRO officials, a significant amount of work on the planned Mars mission has been completed and scientific payloads have been short-listed.

The project report for Indian Mars orbiter mission has been submitted for government approval.

The mission envisages launching an orbiter around Mars using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL). The orbiter will be placed in an orbit of 500 x 80,000 km around MARS and will have a provision to carry nearly 25 kg of scientific payloads on-board.

The tentative scientific objective for the Mars mission will be to focus on life, climate, geology, origin, evolution and sustainability of life on the planet,” according to ISRO.

Scientific payloads have been short-listed by ISRO's Advisory Committee for Space Sciences (ADCOS) review committee.

Baseline, solar array and reflector configuration of the satellite have been finalised, the Bangalore-headquartered space agency said.

ISRO's Mars Mission Gets Green Signal | news.outlookindia.com

 

[Backbencher]

The project is too ambitious . Still i hope they make us all proud yet again but its a very very difficult project, to say the least

 

[Cherokee]

Chandrayaan entered in the Space history by finding water on Moon . Lets see how this mission goes for ISRO . It is the only Indian research facility which i respect a lot ( apart from BARC ) .

 

[zimmick]

All the Best to ISRO & I am Sure the'll make the Nation Proud.

 

[Ambitious.Asian]

India is all set to give the go-ahead for an ambitious mission to Mars, expected in November next year, a top Space Department official said here today.

"A lot of studies have been done on the possible mission to Mars", Secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Radhakrishnan told reporters here.

"We have come to the last phase of approvals", he said. "And I am sure that, maybe soon, we will be hearing an announcement on the Mars mission".

According to ISRO officials, a significant amount of work on the planned Mars mission has been completed and scientific payloads have been short-listed.

The project report for Indian Mars orbiter mission has been submitted for government approval.

The mission envisages launching an orbiter around Mars using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL). The orbiter will be placed in an orbit of 500 x 80,000 km around MARS and will have a provision to carry nearly 25 kg of scientific payloads on-board.

The tentative scientific objective for the Mars mission will be to focus on life, climate, geology, origin, evolution and sustainability of life on the planet,” according to ISRO.

Scientific payloads have been short-listed by ISRO's Advisory Committee for Space Sciences (ADCOS) review committee.

Baseline, solar array and reflector configuration of the satellite have been finalised, the Bangalore-headquartered space agency said.

ISRO's Mars Mission Gets Green Signal | news.outlookindia.com

For now they should only concentrate on MANNED MISSION.....It was far too AMBITIOUS.

 

[Android]

Is there any official name given to the orbiter

 

[arp2041]

^^^ ya "mangalyaan"....

 

[Backbencher]

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s ambitious plan to send an orbiter to Mars has received a boost with the Budget presented in Parliament on Friday making an allocation of Rs. 125 crore for the mission during the coming financial year.

The project, which comes on the heels of the Chandrayaan mission to moon, envisages placing a spacecraft in the Red planet’s orbit to study its atmosphere with the help of ISRO’s work horse launch rocket – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle [PSLV].

The ISRO had been aiming at launching the mission either in 2016 and 2018. But, it seems the launch could happen earlier, in November next year itself, going by the Budget document.

According to the document, “Mars Orbiter mission envisages launching an Orbiter around Mars using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle [PSLV-XL] during the Novermber 2013 launch opportunity. Mars orbiter will be placed in an orbit of 500 x 80,000 km around Mars and will have a provision to carry nearly 25 kg of scientific payload on- board”.

The Budget for 2012-13 also provides an allocation of Rs. 60.46 crore for ISRO’s human spaceflight programme and Rs. 170 crore for its plans to put in place a regional navigation satellite system for the Indian sub-continent on the lines of the U.S.-operated Global Positioning System.

Besides, the Chandrayaan-II mission to moon, which is planned to be launched in 2014-15, has been provided Rs. 82.50 crore. The amount also includes some allocation for the Chandrayaan-I mission.

The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Technology : India to launch Mars mission next year

 

[tvsram1992]

^^^ ya "mangalyaan"....

 

[Dash]

Chandrayaan entered in the Space history by finding water on Moon . Lets see how this mission goes for ISRO . It is the only Indian research facility which i respect a lot ( apart from BARC ) .

we may find life!!

whats wrong with it, it perfectly fits the scene!!!

 

[RISING SUN]

Mars mission to be fully indigenous: Isro
The Indian Mars Mission, Mangalyaan, which is scheduled to take off next year, will be completely indigenous.

“There won’t be any foreign involvement in Mangalyaan. The Rs450-crore project will carry 24 kg of payload experiments — cameras and sensors to record fluorescent spectra, methane emissions, atmosphere studies etc. If the mission does not take off next November, it will take until 2016 to reach that favourable distance from Mars again,” said Prof U.R. Rao, former chairman of Isro, who is actively involved in the project.

The Mangalyaan will take nearly eight months to reach Mars, from where it will continuously send important data.

The probe will revolve around the red planet with an apogee (farthest orbital point) of nearly 80,000 km and a perigee (nearest orbital point) of 500 km.

Meanwhile, when the Isro workhorse, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, blasts off next Sunday, space scientists will have many reasons to celebrate-including one that will set the cash registers ringing.

The Indian space agency will rake in more than $ 20 million for hoisting two foreign satellites — SPOT-6 of France and Proiteres of Japan — into space.

The 720-kg advanced remote sensing satellite, PSLV-C21, manufactured by ASTRIUM SAS of France will be the heaviest foreign satellite to be transported into space by PSLV from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

The launch of PSLV-C21will be Isro's 100th mission. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to witness the flight of the rocket-C21 on September 9.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/sci-tech/space/mars-mission-be-fully-indigenous-isro-217

 

[Abingdonboy]

IIRC missions launched to mars have ~a 2/3rds chance if failing so the odds are stacked against ISRO, hope they come through though!

 

[tvsram1992]

we may find life!!

whats wrong with it, it perfectly fits the scene!!!

nothing just the name seemed funny

 

[faithfulguy]

congrats to India for attempting such a project. Lets hope that this project is successful so others won't laugh at Indian in here.

 

[timetravel]

congrats to India for attempting such a project. Lets hope that this project is successful so others won't laugh at Indian in here.

it is important to try.. success and failure are part of the journey. there is never 100% chance of success. Only some fools would laugh at a failure when indeed it is sad.

well I hope you have had our laughs when the chinese failed.