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How did India get to the Mars?
A few years back ISRO sent their orbiter to the Mars, It is known to be the biggest feat achieved by Indian Space Research Organization over the years.
It special because ISRO manage to pull this out ...
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Is there any live classes for learning about Mars and Universe by professionals?
I have 10 year old son and he is crazy about Mars, Space, Blackholes, Universe , Rockets, and Satellites. Right now he goes to youtube and tries to learn. But we don't know which video is good and ...
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Why was ISRO's MOM-2 Mars orbiter mission's apoarion already decided in such an early call for proposals?
ISRO's announcement Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for future Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM-2) says in part:
It is now planned to have the next orbiter mission around Mars for a future launch ...
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Is there any central world organization which authenticate achievement of various space agencies missions?
Recently Isro's mars orbitor has completed 4 years in mars orbit I guess. I am proud of that as I am Indian. but as curious person I still wonder
for proofs of that mars orbitor is still in mars ...
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What have been India's Mars mission's benefits to science?
From Wikipedia, it seems the objective is to gain experience in Mars missions and taking some scientific observations. My question is, did ISRO scientists discover anything new from their observations?...
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How are these 3D terrain models of Mars generated?
Recently ISRO released 3D terrain models of Mars' Ophir Chasma terrain as shown here. LiDAR is one instrument which helps in generating such 3D models. ISRO's MARS orbiter sensor payload does not have ...
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Methane detection on Mars by MOM?
It's been almost a month since the ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was put into orbit. Though it doesn't carry much scientific payload, the one most talked about is the methane sensor, which even ...
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Why is MOM in a very retrograde orbit?
A recent question/discussion on this site brought out the interesting fact that most probes around Mars are in Sun synchronous near polar orbit.
The ISRO web-site for the Mars Orbiter Mission writes ...
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What will MOM do when Earth isn't looking?
A quick follow-up to Is each instrument on ISRO MOM independently in 24x7 contact with Earth?
Every 26 months Sol interposes to occult Earth from the gaze of the Warlord. The last time this occurred ...
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Is each instrument on ISRO MOM independently in 24x7 contact with Earth?
The ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission web-site writes to say
Mars Orbiter Mission carries five scientific payloads to observe Martian surface, atmosphere and exosphere extending up to 80,000 km for a ...
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Is there any active collision avoidance aboard the spacecraft in Mars' orbit?
Wikipedia writes to say
As of 2009, about 19,000 pieces of debris larger than 5 cm (2.0 in) are tracked,[1] with another 300,000 pieces smaller than 1 cm below 200 km altitude
Control collision ...
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ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission - LAM vs Attitude thrusters reliability
ISRO expressed concerns on restarting the Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) for Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) after a long coasting period of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). ISRO has redesigned the LAM plumbing ...
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Is it possible to know the position of MOM?
How far has the MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) travelled, and
Where is it now?
It is scheduled to reach Mars orbit on September 1 this year.
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Cause of ISRO MOM's LAM shutdown during the 4th orbit raising manoeuvre
The 4th orbit raising manoeuvre of ISRO's Mars probe (MOM or Mars Orbiter Mission, informally called Mangalyaan) did not go as planned, as the LAM (Liquid Apogee Motor) shut down prematurely. ...
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Could India Send a Lander to Mars?
India has recently sent a small spacecraft to Mars, as a technology demonstration mission. It has also subsequently successfully demonstrated its much-delayed cryogenic upper stage engine with the ...
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Why should space probes have to orbit the Earth before being launched at other planets?
I'm curious to know why any satellites that need to be sent to other planets should be moving around the Earth rather than directly going towards their destination? Today, India launched one satellite ...
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Was the ISRO Mars mission really scaled down?
This news-report writes to say
India’s bid to explore Mars will be a scaled down affair with the space agency flying experimental payload of less than 15 kg as against 25kg planned originally
Was ...
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Approximately how much fuel will ISRO Mars Orbiter have available when it enter Mars' orbit?
मंगलयान (Maṅgalayāna) is due to launch on November 05, 2013 AD of the Gregorian Calendar at 1436H (GMT+0530). Wikipedia writes to say
The November 2013 launch will place the Mars Orbiter Mission ...
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Does India have plans to explore Mars after Mangalyaan?
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is launching a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) this Tuesday (5 Nov 2013) from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India, flying on the PSLV-C25 ...
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Can Indian PSLV take ISRO to Mars?
Is the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle capable of taking a 1,350 kg orbiter from the Earth to Mars as this article states?
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