Antenna ready for India's Mars Orbit Insertion: India's Mars Orbiter Mission | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
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India's Mars Orbiter Mission's
antenna is ready for the Mars Orbit
Insertion with only 14 per cent of its
journey to the red planet left to be
covered.
MOM successfully completed the
characterisation of its Medium Gain
Antenna, which will be used for
communicating with earth during
the critical Mars Orbit Insertion
(MOI), ISRO said in a post on its
Mars Orbiter Mission Facebook page.
It said only 14 per cent of the
journey remains in its heliocentric
arc towards Mars Orbit Insertion.
Last week, the space research
organisation had said that scientists
will not carry out the planned
Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre
(TCM) for the ambitious mission in
August as the spacecraft is on track.
MOM, the country's first inter-
planetary mission under a Rs 450
crore project, was launched from
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on
board Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV) on November 5 last year with
an aim to reach the red planet's
atmosphere by September 24.
The project is expected to provide
the scientific community better
opportunities in planetary research.
Antenna ready for India's Mars Orbit Insertion: India's Mars Orbiter Mission | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
.
India's Mars Orbiter Mission's
antenna is ready for the Mars Orbit
Insertion with only 14 per cent of its
journey to the red planet left to be
covered.
MOM successfully completed the
characterisation of its Medium Gain
Antenna, which will be used for
communicating with earth during
the critical Mars Orbit Insertion
(MOI), ISRO said in a post on its
Mars Orbiter Mission Facebook page.
It said only 14 per cent of the
journey remains in its heliocentric
arc towards Mars Orbit Insertion.
Last week, the space research
organisation had said that scientists
will not carry out the planned
Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre
(TCM) for the ambitious mission in
August as the spacecraft is on track.
MOM, the country's first inter-
planetary mission under a Rs 450
crore project, was launched from
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on
board Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV) on November 5 last year with
an aim to reach the red planet's
atmosphere by September 24.
The project is expected to provide
the scientific community better
opportunities in planetary research.