The mars mission of India covers half a distance the maiden Indian
space mission covers half the total distance to the red planet in our galaxy
that is mars from earth today the spacecraft is moving on its helio-centric
trajectory so far. Indian Space Research Organization says that the MOM (Mars
Orbiter Mission Spacecraft) crossed the mid-point of its path to Mars at
exactly 09.50 am (IST).
The MOM has totally travelled 337.5 million km in its
elliptical orbit around the sun after taking off. The scientists with the mission
said that its takes 4 minutes 15 seconds for message from spacecraft and to
return back earth.
SRO Scientists had said that the MOM is on its path and it’s
not necessary for a Secondary Trajectory Correction Manouvre (TCM) planned on
the spacecraft and it will now been performed on June. ISRO is using its Deep
Space Network to watch the spacecraft continuously and five scientific
instruments that were placed on the spacecraft.
As “soon, the Gain Antenna of the spacecraft will be put in service for
handling communications from ground stations that’s from Earth”. ISRO says that.
The ISRO has been planned four TCMs that is four trajectory paths and the first
track was performed on December 10, 2013 that’s last year. Then the remaining three
will be performed on June, August, and September ,
respectively.
The mission was launched on last year on November 5, 2013 on
board PSLV C 25 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota spacecraft, Andhra
Pradesh India. The mission worth Rs 450 crore will explore presence of methane gas
in the red planet (MARS).
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