Indian Mars Probe launched successfully
India launched its maiden Mission to Mars from Sriharikota in southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
The spacecraft, which is named Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), had a lift off at 2:38 pm from Sriharikota.
The two-day countdown of India's maiden Mission to Mars commenced at 06:08 am from Sriharikota on Sunday.
The Mars Mission was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year itself and if the mission is successful India would take a giant leap forward in space programme and perhaps beat China to reaching the Red Planet first.
During the 56 hour and 30 minutes countdown, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which was a giant 45-metre rocket, was fuelled and its health was checked.
The PSLV carrying 'Mangalyaan' blasted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) earlier said in a statement.
The design and realisation of a Mars orbiter has been developed with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound manoeuvres in a cruise phase of 300 days with Mars orbit insertion / capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars.
The mission has also been framed to explore surface features of Mars, morphology, mineralogy and Martian atmosphere by indigenous scientific instruments.
The launch of Mangalyaan, was earlier scheduled for Oct 28 but was postponed due to bad weather in the Pacific Ocean.
Two Indian ships, SCI Yamuna and Nalanda, which will monitor the health of the rocket and satellite as it sails over the ocean after being launched from India, had been delayed due to bad weather.
Criticisms Answered
So much was said, about poverty and priority, as if the Europeans didn’t spend money on ships and colonising and instead made toilets in the seventeenth century…about money badly spent, about a “third world” country not having the same technological rights or capabilities. But here are some counter points to those arguments.
1. This mission is one tenth the cost of NASA, ESA, or Roscosmos. It will bring immense tech commerce from other countries using our cheap and affordable technology. There’s a reason NASA wants to partner with ISRO for this mission’s data.
2. It provides job to over 30000 people in different capacity within India.
3. It helps in ballistic missile technology, and future deterrence.
Overall, any technological milestone is a great day, a “giant leap” for humanity.
And it is indeed a proud day for Indians everywhere.
India launched its maiden Mission to Mars from Sriharikota in southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The spacecraft, which is named Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), had a lift off at 2:38 pm from Sriharikota. The two-day countdown of India's maiden Mission to Mars commenced at 06:08 am from...
India launched its maiden Mission to Mars from Sriharikota in southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
The spacecraft, which is named Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), had a lift off at 2:38 pm from Sriharikota.
The two-day countdown of India's maiden Mission to Mars commenced at 06:08 am from Sriharikota on Sunday.
The Mars Mission was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year itself and if the mission is successful India would take a giant leap forward in space programme and perhaps beat China to reaching the Red Planet first.
During the 56 hour and 30 minutes countdown, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which was a giant 45-metre rocket, was fuelled and its health was checked.
The PSLV carrying 'Mangalyaan' blasted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) earlier said in a statement.
The design and realisation of a Mars orbiter has been developed with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound manoeuvres in a cruise phase of 300 days with Mars orbit insertion / capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars.
The mission has also been framed to explore surface features of Mars, morphology, mineralogy and Martian atmosphere by indigenous scientific instruments.
The launch of Mangalyaan, was earlier scheduled for Oct 28 but was postponed due to bad weather in the Pacific Ocean.
Two Indian ships, SCI Yamuna and Nalanda, which will monitor the health of the rocket and satellite as it sails over the ocean after being launched from India, had been delayed due to bad weather.
Criticisms Answered
So much was said, about poverty and priority, as if the Europeans didn’t spend money on ships and colonising and instead made toilets in the seventeenth century…about money badly spent, about a “third world” country not having the same technological rights or capabilities. But here are some counter points to those arguments.
1. This mission is one tenth the cost of NASA, ESA, or Roscosmos. It will bring immense tech commerce from other countries using our cheap and affordable technology. There’s a reason NASA wants to partner with ISRO for this mission’s data.
2. It provides job to over 30000 people in different capacity within India.
3. It helps in ballistic missile technology, and future deterrence.
Overall, any technological milestone is a great day, a “giant leap” for humanity.
And it is indeed a proud day for Indians everywhere.
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