ISRO plans to launch Mars Orbiter Mission or Mangalyaan, India's first space mission to Mars on 5th November this year from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. PSLV C 25 is scheduled to lift off at 2.38 PM tomorrow from the spaceport.The 44.4 metre tall rocket has been mounted on the pedestal of the First Launch Pad at the spaceport,covered by a 76 metre tall Mobile Service Tower, designed to withstand a wind speed of 230 km per hour, in case of a cyclone. It will be removed as the countdown comes closer to the launch.
On August 15th 2012, India's Prime Minister announced India's Mission to red plannet. Dr. Singh said in his speech "Recently the Cabinet has approved the Mars Orbiter Mission.Under this Mission, our spaceship will go near Mars and collect important scientific information. This spaceship to Mars will be a huge step for us in the area of science and technology".
November 5th is set to be the next big day for the Indian space programme as the Mangalyaan (or Mars Orbiter) will lift-off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh that day using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV C 25.The objective of the mission is to look for signature of life and reasons for loss of atmosphere on the red planet.
According to ISRO scientists, a 14.9 Kg payload would carry a methane sensor, thermal infrared spectrometer, Mars colour camera, a Lyman Alpha photometer and Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA) to the orbit.
Mr Radhakrishnan says Mangalyaan will carry five Indian scientific instruments to study the atmosphere of the Red Planet, look for traces of Methane which could indicate if life exists on Mars, take colour photos of the planet and analyse the presence of water there.
The satellite will undertake a 300-day and millions of km journey to Mars and is expected to be put into the Martian orbit in September next year.The rocket is expected to take over 40 minutes to inject the satellite on Earth's orbit after take off.Once launched the satellite is expected to go around Earth for 20-25 days before embarking on a nine-month voyage to the red planet on December 1 and reach the orbit of Mars on September 24, 2014.
If the mission mars turns out to be a success, ISRO would be the fourth space agency after country like America (NASA),Europe(ESA),Russia, in the world to have sent a mission to Mars.After this success India will ahead of china in space research,as mission launched by china for mars is failed once and they are still working on it.In 2008, India successfully launched its maiden mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1, which brought back the first clinching evidence of the presence of water on the lunar surface. Some even suggested that this is really now an Asian space race between India and China - the two regional rivals - on who reaches Mars first.
From the various news flashed on national t.v. i found that only 21 of the total of 51 missions sent to Mars by various countries have been successful.
Another proud fact for Indians is that other countries expenditure on therir missions for mars is in thousand crores while Indian make it possible only in RS 450 crores only.
On August 15th 2012, India's Prime Minister announced India's Mission to red plannet. Dr. Singh said in his speech "Recently the Cabinet has approved the Mars Orbiter Mission.Under this Mission, our spaceship will go near Mars and collect important scientific information. This spaceship to Mars will be a huge step for us in the area of science and technology".
November 5th is set to be the next big day for the Indian space programme as the Mangalyaan (or Mars Orbiter) will lift-off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh that day using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV C 25.The objective of the mission is to look for signature of life and reasons for loss of atmosphere on the red planet.
According to ISRO scientists, a 14.9 Kg payload would carry a methane sensor, thermal infrared spectrometer, Mars colour camera, a Lyman Alpha photometer and Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA) to the orbit.
Mr Radhakrishnan says Mangalyaan will carry five Indian scientific instruments to study the atmosphere of the Red Planet, look for traces of Methane which could indicate if life exists on Mars, take colour photos of the planet and analyse the presence of water there.
The satellite will undertake a 300-day and millions of km journey to Mars and is expected to be put into the Martian orbit in September next year.The rocket is expected to take over 40 minutes to inject the satellite on Earth's orbit after take off.Once launched the satellite is expected to go around Earth for 20-25 days before embarking on a nine-month voyage to the red planet on December 1 and reach the orbit of Mars on September 24, 2014.
If the mission mars turns out to be a success, ISRO would be the fourth space agency after country like America (NASA),Europe(ESA),Russia, in the world to have sent a mission to Mars.After this success India will ahead of china in space research,as mission launched by china for mars is failed once and they are still working on it.In 2008, India successfully launched its maiden mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1, which brought back the first clinching evidence of the presence of water on the lunar surface. Some even suggested that this is really now an Asian space race between India and China - the two regional rivals - on who reaches Mars first.
From the various news flashed on national t.v. i found that only 21 of the total of 51 missions sent to Mars by various countries have been successful.
Another proud fact for Indians is that other countries expenditure on therir missions for mars is in thousand crores while Indian make it possible only in RS 450 crores only.
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