hhunaeh Posted November 30, 2013 Posted November 30, 2013 Update from isro Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operations completed successfully. The liquid engine burn time was 1328.89 sec and the imparted incremental velocity was 647.96 m/sec.
hhunaeh Posted November 30, 2013 Posted November 30, 2013 The new orbit numbers are still awaited, which will be provided by Nasa's JPL. PS: For those wanting know about JPL's role in mangalyaan Isro, Nasa track Mars orbiter Isro’s Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) facility at Byalalu, an hour’s drive from Bangalore, will help track and talk to the orbiter during its 10-month voyage to Mars. But a more advanced DSN run by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will help fill gaps in coverage and provide backup. “We’re tracking the Mars orbiter mission continuously now and providing orbit determination solutions for their Earth burns as backup to the Isro flight dynamics team,†Susan Kurtik, the DSN mission interface manager for the Mars orbiter mission told The Telegraph. The JPL has antennas in California, Spain, and Australia. “We can fill gaps when (Isro) doesn’t have coverage — our cover began yesterday and will be sprinkled throughout the cruise and insertion into orbit around Mars,†said Wayne Sible, deputy manager at DSN. While the ISDN was successfully used to track Isro’s lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 in 2008-09, the station has never been used to track objects in deep interplanetary space. The ISDN will need to validate its capabilities by comparing its results with the JPL-DSN results. The IDSN ground stations have an 18-metre and 32-metre antennas. The JPL-DSN has larger 34-metre and 70-metre antennas, which Sible said, could provide better command capability if more power is needed. The JPL-DSN’s large 70-metre antenna is expected to play a critical role during attempts to insert the spacecraft into an orbit around Mars in September 2014. “While Nasa support is an extremely important enabler and critical to the mission, we don’t want to lose sight of the fact that this is India’s accomplishment,†Kurtik said. “We’re sharing expertise and resource to help them become partners in deep space exploration.â€
randomGuy Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Update from isro Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operations completed successfully. The liquid engine burn time was 1328.89 sec and the imparted incremental velocity was 647.96 m/sec. Fantastic feat. :hatsoff: ISRO.
Ghost Buster Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Excellent Now isro shld work for the success of gslv launch next month.
ravishingravi Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Strange thing is Mumbai metro still remains on trial run.
Clarke Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Strange thing is Mumbai metro still remains on trial run. And phase two has been buried for now :desiman:
Mariyam Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Strange thing is Mumbai metro still remains on trial run. Now that you mention it: The line 1 of the Metro ( the Versova to Ghatkopar line) cost *officially* ~ 370 million USD Mangalyaan cost ~ 70 million USD.
CSK Fan Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Salient points 1) 4th Nation in the world which has achieved interplanetary travel and escaped earth's orbit 2) First Asian country to do so 3) First country to be able to do so at first attempt
punjabi_khota Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Salient points 1) 4th Nation in the world which has achieved interplanetary travel and escaped earth's orbit 2) First Asian country to do so 3) First country to be able to do so at first attempt Japanese mission Hiten did escape Earth's sphere of influence in 1990, but this phase of mission was not in original plan. It was temporarily under Sun's influence, and returned to Earth's sphere of influence to be captured by moon. The latter part was an addendum to original plan.
SLICKR392 Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Salient points 1) 4th Nation in the world which has achieved interplanetary travel and escaped earth's orbit 2) First Asian country to do so 3) First country to be able to do so at first attempt :hatsoff:
GoldenSun Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Be proud of yourselves :). You don't get to experience these sort of things everyday. Congrats!
CSK Fan Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Japanese mission Hiten did escape Earth's sphere of influence in 1990' date=' but this phase of mission was not in original plan. It was temporarily under Sun's influence, and returned to Earth's sphere of influence to be captured by moon. The latter part was an addendum to original plan.[/quote'] Cool
Ghost Buster Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Isro's MOM completes mother of all manoeuvre :isalute: http://m.ibnlive.com/news/isros-mars-orbiter-mission-completes-motherofall-manoeuvre/437106-11.html
nballa Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 what a waste of money in a country which has the highest poverty rate. 73 million dollars could have easily fed and clothed 73 politicians.
Muloghonto Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 what a waste of money in a country which has the highest poverty rate. 73 million dollars could have easily fed and clothed 73 politicians. You must either be retarded or a Paki to come up with such a stupid idea..
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