Mars orbiter mission

1. NAME: JITIN J PILLAI
ENROLLMENT NUMBER:
140430117019

2. THE RED
PLANET……
“In more than one respect, the
exploring of the Solar System
and homesteading other
worlds constitutes the
beginning, much more than
the end, of history.”
-- CARL SAGAN
Mars tugs at the human
imagination like no other
planet. The condition in
Mars are believed to be
hospitable since the planet
is similar to Earth in many
ways. Some of the major
similarities are shown here.

3. ABOUT MOM……
Mission type Mars orbiter
Operator ISRO
COSPAR ID 2013-060A
SATCAT No. 39370
Mission duration 6 months (planned)
Bus I-1K
Launch date 5 November 2013, 09:08 UTC
Rocket PSLV-XL C25
Launch site Satish Dhawan FLP
Reference system Areocentric
Periapsis 421.7 km (262.0 mi)
Apoapsis 76,993.6 km (47,841.6 mi)
Inclination 150.0°
Period 72 hours 51 minutes 51 seconds
Orbital insertion 24 September 2014, 02:00 UTC

4. MANGALYAAN……
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft" from Sanskrit मंगल
mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle"), is a spacecraft orbiting Mars since 24
September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO).
The mission is a "technology demonstrator" project to develop the technologies for design,
planning, management, and operations of an interplanetary mission. It carries five
instruments that will help advance knowledge about Mars to achieve its secondary,
scientific, objective.

6. MISSION PLAN……
Mission planning is done in conjunction with the defined mission objectives. The Mars
Mission can be envisaged as a rendezvous problem. The rendezvous mission consists of
following three phases:
1. Geo Centric Phase
2. Helio Centric Phase
3. Martian Phase

7. MAINFRAME ELEMENTS……

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