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Mangalyaan-2 mission: ISRO gears up to visit Mars after 9 years
2Oct By adminNo Comments
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Mangalyaan-2 mission: ISRO gears up to visit Mars after 9 years

[ad_1] Yet again a new mission is being planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon and another ongoing mission Aditya-L1. In the year 2014, the space agency successfully completed its first Mars mission, now after 9 years, it is planning the Mangalyaan-2 mission with greater objectives and strategies. The Mangalyaan-1 mission aimed to enter the Mars orbit and now the second mission has more to discover. Know more about ISRO Mangalyaan-2 mission.Mangalyaan-2 missionThe second Mars mission by ISRO will be called Mars Orbiter Mission-2 (MOM-2), also known as Mangalyaan-2. According to a Physical Research Laboratory report, the spacecraft will be equipped with four payloads which will study the atmosphere, environment and ...
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In big setback, ISRO announces death of India’s Mars Mission
12Oct By adminNo Comments
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In big setback, ISRO announces death of India’s Mars Mission

[ad_1] Mangalyaan, India’s Mars Orbiter mission comes to end officially after serving for 8 long years. India's Mars Orbiter mission comes to an end after serving steadfastly for 8 long years in Martian orbit. The Indian Space Research Organization has confirmed that the Mangalyaan has lost communication with the ground station on October 3, 2022. The spacecraft became non-recoverable last week. Confirming the death of India's maiden interplanetary mission i.e, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), Dr S Somanath, the chief of ISRO has said that the unmanned spacecraft had entered the end of its lifecycle. Despite being designed for a life-span of six months, the MOM lived for about eight years in the Martian orbit. It has provided scientists with a gamut of significant scientific data on Mar...
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Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter is dead and THIS is why we are sad to see it go
7Oct By adminNo Comments
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Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter is dead and THIS is why we are sad to see it go

[ad_1] Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter is dead and this is why the Indian scientific community mourns it. Mangalyaan's Mars Orbiter quietly died and the Indian scientific community is mourning it. On October 3, ISRO reached out to the world announcing the unseen demise of the orbiter staying in Mars orbit for eight years. "The spacecraft is non-recoverable and attained its end-of-life," ISRO said, adding that "the mission will be ever-regarded as a remarkable technological and scientific feat in the history of planetary exploration."The orbiter, popularly known as MOM, was inserted in the Martian orbit on September 24, 2014, and it has continued to be India's frontier in exploration of the Red Planet. The spacecraft was originally designed to function for six months and then turn itself off. ...
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With drained battery, no fuel, India’s Mars Orbiter craft dies quietly in space
3Oct By adminNo Comments
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With drained battery, no fuel, India’s Mars Orbiter craft dies quietly in space

[ad_1] Country's maiden interplanetary mission 'Mangalyaan' may have finally completed its long innings. India's Mars Orbiter craft has run out of propellant and its battery drained beyond the safe limit, fuelling speculation that the country's maiden interplanetary mission 'Mangalyaan' may have finally completed its long innings. The ₹450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission was launched onboard PSLV-C25 on November five, 2013, and the MOM spacecraft was successfully inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt. "Right now, there is no fuel left. The satellite battery has drained," sources in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told PTI. "The link has been lost". There was, however, no official wor...
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Mars orbiter craft completes eight years in orbit
26Sep By adminNo Comments
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Mars orbiter craft completes eight years in orbit

[ad_1] India's Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. India's Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. Plans on a follow-on 'Mangalyaan' mission to the Red Planet, however, are yet to be firmed up. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) -- a technology demonstration venture -- is the maiden interplanetary mission of the national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).Launched on November 5, 2013, the probe was successfully inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt. To mark the latest milestone, ISRO has organised a 'National Meet on Eight Year...
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