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Indian Martian exploration program
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India testfires Mars mission engine
The engines of the Indian Mars orbiter were tested for the first time on Monday morning. Speaking to TOI from Bangalore, Isro chief spokesperson Devi Prasad Karnik said the engine, known as the liquid apogee motor (LAM), was fired for about 670 seconds at Isro's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendra Giri in Tamil Nadu. "The test was successful and will go on for about 45 days," he said.
The mission is slated for lift off towards the end of October or beginning of November 2013.
LAM plays a key role in orbit raising manoeuvres. The current mission profile of the mission envisages the orbiter operating in the earth-bound orbit six times as its altitude is raised, before it sets off on its 300-day journey to Mars.
In the final earth orbit, the orbiter's furthest point from earth will be 2,15,000 km and the nearest 600 km. It is expected to depart from the earth's orbit on November 26, 2013, and the crucial Mars orbit insertion will occur on September 21, 2014.
An Isro official said the real challenge in the mission is that the engine has to restart after 300 days when the orbiter enters the Martian orbit.
www_articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-09/india/34341601_1_liquid-apogee-motor-martian-orbit-indian-mars
The engines of the Indian Mars orbiter were tested for the first time on Monday morning. Speaking to TOI from Bangalore, Isro chief spokesperson Devi Prasad Karnik said the engine, known as the liquid apogee motor (LAM), was fired for about 670 seconds at Isro's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendra Giri in Tamil Nadu. "The test was successful and will go on for about 45 days," he said.
The mission is slated for lift off towards the end of October or beginning of November 2013.
LAM plays a key role in orbit raising manoeuvres. The current mission profile of the mission envisages the orbiter operating in the earth-bound orbit six times as its altitude is raised, before it sets off on its 300-day journey to Mars.
In the final earth orbit, the orbiter's furthest point from earth will be 2,15,000 km and the nearest 600 km. It is expected to depart from the earth's orbit on November 26, 2013, and the crucial Mars orbit insertion will occur on September 21, 2014.
An Isro official said the real challenge in the mission is that the engine has to restart after 300 days when the orbiter enters the Martian orbit.
www_articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-09/india/34341601_1_liquid-apogee-motor-martian-orbit-indian-mars
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India expecting to launch Mars mission by October 2013
India's tryst with Mars will begin in October to explore the red planet's atmosphere and search for life-sustaining elements, a top space official said on Friday.
"We are trying very hard and by mid-October we are expecting to launch the Marsmission," said J.N. Goswami, in-charge of the exploration mission.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress in Kolkata, Mr. Goswami said the mission is yet to get an official name.
The Rs.470-crore mission will demonstrate India's capability to launch a spacecraft on a 55 million kmjourney from earth and look for life-sustaining elements from 500 km over the Martian surface.
"The mission has a very specific science objective as we want to study the atmosphere of Mars. This mission will explore things which have not been done previously by other countries," said Mr. Goswami, director of PhysicalResearch Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
The Indian space agency plans to use a high-end rocket (PSLV-XL) to launch the 1.4-tonne Martian spacecraft from its Sriharikota spaceport, about80 km northeast of Chennai, with five instruments to study various aspects of thered planet.
The Mars mission will allow India to join the elite club of five top nations comprising the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan which have launched similar missions.
As the fourth planet from theSun and smallest celestial object in the solar system, Mars is terrestrial with breath-taking valleys, deserts, craters and volcanoes in a thin atmosphere.
Named after the Roman god of war, the red planet has many similarities with Earth like the rotation period and seasonal cycles.
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The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : India's Mars exploration mission by Oct
India's tryst with Mars will begin in October to explore the red planet's atmosphere and search for life-sustaining elements, a top space official said on Friday.
"We are trying very hard and by mid-October we are expecting to launch the Marsmission," said J.N. Goswami, in-charge of the exploration mission.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Indian Science Congress in Kolkata, Mr. Goswami said the mission is yet to get an official name.
The Rs.470-crore mission will demonstrate India's capability to launch a spacecraft on a 55 million kmjourney from earth and look for life-sustaining elements from 500 km over the Martian surface.
"The mission has a very specific science objective as we want to study the atmosphere of Mars. This mission will explore things which have not been done previously by other countries," said Mr. Goswami, director of PhysicalResearch Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
The Indian space agency plans to use a high-end rocket (PSLV-XL) to launch the 1.4-tonne Martian spacecraft from its Sriharikota spaceport, about80 km northeast of Chennai, with five instruments to study various aspects of thered planet.
The Mars mission will allow India to join the elite club of five top nations comprising the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan which have launched similar missions.
As the fourth planet from theSun and smallest celestial object in the solar system, Mars is terrestrial with breath-taking valleys, deserts, craters and volcanoes in a thin atmosphere.
Named after the Roman god of war, the red planet has many similarities with Earth like the rotation period and seasonal cycles.
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:bounce:The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : India's Mars exploration mission by Oct
Re: India expecting to launch Mars mission by October 2013
Updates on ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission: five instruments to be delivered in March | The Planetary Society
Updates on ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission: five instruments to be delivered in March | The Planetary Society
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India scales down Mars mission
India scales down Mars mission | idrw.org
India scales down Mars mission
India scales down Mars mission | idrw.org
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India plans $70 million mission to Mars in 2013
India said on Thursday it will send a $70 million space mission to Mars this year to study the red planet's atmosphere.
The unmanned Mars orbiter mission, to be launched in October by the Indian Space Research Organisation, will undertake a 300-day journey to the planet to collect data about its climate and geology.
"The space programme epitomises India's scientific achievements and benefits the country in a number of areas," President Pranab Mukherjee told lawmakers in a speech opening a new session of parliament in New Delhi.
"Several space missions are planned for 2013, including India's first mission to Mars" and the launch of its first navigational satellite, he said.
India says the Mars mission will mark a significant step in its space programme, which has already placed a probe on the moon and envisages its first manned mission in 2016.
A host of countries have previously launched missions to Mars, including the United States, Russia, Japan and China.
India has a well-established space programme, which began in 1963, that is a source of national pride. But the programme has also attracted criticism as the government struggles to tackle widespread poverty and massive infrastructure problems.
Source: India plans $70 million mission to Mars in 2013 | The Raw Story
India said on Thursday it will send a $70 million space mission to Mars this year to study the red planet's atmosphere.
The unmanned Mars orbiter mission, to be launched in October by the Indian Space Research Organisation, will undertake a 300-day journey to the planet to collect data about its climate and geology.
"The space programme epitomises India's scientific achievements and benefits the country in a number of areas," President Pranab Mukherjee told lawmakers in a speech opening a new session of parliament in New Delhi.
"Several space missions are planned for 2013, including India's first mission to Mars" and the launch of its first navigational satellite, he said.
India says the Mars mission will mark a significant step in its space programme, which has already placed a probe on the moon and envisages its first manned mission in 2016.
A host of countries have previously launched missions to Mars, including the United States, Russia, Japan and China.
India has a well-established space programme, which began in 1963, that is a source of national pride. But the programme has also attracted criticism as the government struggles to tackle widespread poverty and massive infrastructure problems.
Source: India plans $70 million mission to Mars in 2013 | The Raw Story
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India to launch mission to Mars this year, says president
Reuters – 4 hrs ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will launch its first mission to Mars this year, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday, as the emerging Asian nation looks to play catch up in the global space race alongside the United States, Russia and its giant neighbor China.
"Several space missions are planned for 2013, including India's first mission to Mars and the launch of our first navigational satellite," Mukherjee told parliament.
India will send a satellite in October via an unmanned spacecraft to orbit the red planet, blasting off from the southeastern coast in a mission expected to cost about $83 million, scientists who are part of the mission say.
The spacecraft, which will be made in India, will take nine months to reach Mars and then launch itself in an elliptical orbit about 500 km (310 miles) from the planet.
"The mission is ready to roll," Deviprasad Karnik, a scientist from the India Space Research Organization (ISRO), said by phone from the city of Bangalore.
India's mission to Mars has drawn criticism in a country suffering from high levels of malnutrition and power shortages, and currently experiencing its worst slowdown in growth in ten years. But India has long argued that technology developed in its space program has practical applications to everyday life.
India's space exploration program began in 1962. Five years ago, its Chandrayaan satellite found evidence of water on the moon. India is now looking at landing a wheeled rover on the moon in 2014.
(Reporting by Satarupa Bhattacharjya; writing by Matthias Williams)
India to launch mission to Mars this year, says president
Reuters – 4 hrs ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will launch its first mission to Mars this year, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday, as the emerging Asian nation looks to play catch up in the global space race alongside the United States, Russia and its giant neighbor China.
"Several space missions are planned for 2013, including India's first mission to Mars and the launch of our first navigational satellite," Mukherjee told parliament.
India will send a satellite in October via an unmanned spacecraft to orbit the red planet, blasting off from the southeastern coast in a mission expected to cost about $83 million, scientists who are part of the mission say.
The spacecraft, which will be made in India, will take nine months to reach Mars and then launch itself in an elliptical orbit about 500 km (310 miles) from the planet.
"The mission is ready to roll," Deviprasad Karnik, a scientist from the India Space Research Organization (ISRO), said by phone from the city of Bangalore.
India's mission to Mars has drawn criticism in a country suffering from high levels of malnutrition and power shortages, and currently experiencing its worst slowdown in growth in ten years. But India has long argued that technology developed in its space program has practical applications to everyday life.
India's space exploration program began in 1962. Five years ago, its Chandrayaan satellite found evidence of water on the moon. India is now looking at landing a wheeled rover on the moon in 2014.
(Reporting by Satarupa Bhattacharjya; writing by Matthias Williams)
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Re: India expecting to launch Mars mission by October 2013
What happend to India's moon mission?
What happend to India's moon mission?
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Re: India expecting to launch Mars mission by October 2013
UK has stopped Billion $$ AID to india, so MOON mission is Finnish
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Then you should ask another country to stop AID to india, so MARS mission will be finished in couple of months!UK has stopped Billion $$ AID to india, so MOON mission is Finnish
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India, US agree on future cooperation in Moon, Mars missions
India, US agree on future cooperation in Moon, Mars missions | NDTV.com
Washington: India and the US have agreed to cooperate on future missions to the Moon and Mars after successful collaboration in Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission.
"Building on NASA's collaboration in India's highly successful Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission in 2008, NASA and ISRO agreed to explore further cooperative space exploration work, including future missions to the Moon and Mars.
"To this end the working group agreed to continue discussions in planetary science and Heliophysics to identify areas of potential cooperation," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) said in a joint statement.
"The value of bilateral cooperation was well reflected, for instance, through the inclusion of two NASA instruments on the successful Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission, which led to significant discoveries about lunar surface characteristics," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said at the fourth US-India
Civil Space Joint Working Group meeting here.
According to the statement, existing cooperation, in the use of US and Indian earth observation satellite data, has produced information yielding a broad range of societal benefits including improved weather and monsoon forecasting, disaster management and response, improved agricultural and natural resource use and better understanding of climate change.
India, US agree on future cooperation in Moon, Mars missions | NDTV.com
Washington: India and the US have agreed to cooperate on future missions to the Moon and Mars after successful collaboration in Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission.
"Building on NASA's collaboration in India's highly successful Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission in 2008, NASA and ISRO agreed to explore further cooperative space exploration work, including future missions to the Moon and Mars.
"To this end the working group agreed to continue discussions in planetary science and Heliophysics to identify areas of potential cooperation," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) said in a joint statement.
"The value of bilateral cooperation was well reflected, for instance, through the inclusion of two NASA instruments on the successful Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission, which led to significant discoveries about lunar surface characteristics," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said at the fourth US-India
Civil Space Joint Working Group meeting here.
According to the statement, existing cooperation, in the use of US and Indian earth observation satellite data, has produced information yielding a broad range of societal benefits including improved weather and monsoon forecasting, disaster management and response, improved agricultural and natural resource use and better understanding of climate change.
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i m not sure whether this co operation will be fruitful or not .
Because it may happen that after some years when test some kind of highly sophisticated wepoan which US dont like it may put somesort of sanctions on ISRO again. Than what will happen to the cooperation.
i m not sure whether this co operation will be fruitful or not .
Because it may happen that after some years when test some kind of highly sophisticated wepoan which US dont like it may put somesort of sanctions on ISRO again. Than what will happen to the cooperation.
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ISRO is the space agency most of the weapons tested are DRDO??
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@LETHALFORCE- yes but they r collaborted in many things+ways!!!!!
@LETHALFORCE- yes but they r collaborted in many things+ways!!!!!
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Re: India expecting to launch Mars mission by October 2013
Mars mission on track, scientists testing payloads - The Times of India
Mars mission on track, scientists testing payloads - The Times of India
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you should display envy only if the mission succeeds. at least we are sending it on our own rocket. unlike china, which even then failed.
