Questions tagged [mars-orbiter-mission]
The Mars Orbiter Mission is a satellite sent by Indian Space Research Organisation to Mars as a technology demonstration.
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Can you estimate the diameter of the marked small craters of Mars in the firsts HiRes pictures released by China?
I would like to know the diameters of the smallest craters that can be clearly distinguished inside the black circle (see the quite large size image below).
Black-and-white picture of Mars taken by ...
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Will the HiRes camera of the Chinese orbiter be capable of seeing the shadows of the landers and rovers on Mars?
The question is like this: The Chinese Mars Orbiter has a HiRes camera on board and I want to know if it is powerful enough to see at least the shadows of the landers and rovers now on Mars.
The high ...
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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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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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Is secure communication in space important?
How important is secure communication in space?
Science-related research is often made public, but does that mean all communications must be unprotected?
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Earth->Mars: Porkchop, departure burn and orbit inclination
My goal is to get a graph "spaceport latitude"<>"delta-v to reach mars".
Using "Trajectory Optimization Tool" (Matlab one) I have successfully generated porkchop graph for Earth->Mars transfer. ...
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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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MOM's NOT-so-sun-synchronous orbit about Mars - how large is it's J2?
edit: See my supplementary answer below for additional information. @@SE - stop firing the good guys nailed it.
This question and answer started me wondering - how big is the J2 (oblateness) term of ...
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Utilization of data from satellites mantained by India
What are the prerequisites to utilize the data from 'astrosat' or 'mangalyaan'. My aim is to check how useful the data generated by an Indian scopes are? I could not make any sense in the catalogs.
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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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Did the tail of Siding Spring distort communication between Mars, and Earth?
This article writes to say
There was an hour’s communication blackout during the comet’s fly-by ...
What happened here? Did the tail of Siding Spring serve to block/distort communication between ...
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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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Mars Pictures Taken By MOM
I was looking for pictures of Mars taken by spacecrafts and came across this news article of MOM taking its first pictures, however there no images in the news article.
Can anybody please tell me ...
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Cheap cost of Mangalyaan
It has been reported that India's Mars mission, Mangalyaan, cost only \$74 million compared to \$671 million cost of Maven. What is the reason for this difference in cost? Are there any significant ...
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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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How large is the Earth's gravitational Sphere of Influence and how can it be calculated?
There was a recent update on ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission's (MOM) Facebook page that it has crossed the Earth's Sphere of Influence (SOI):
MOM moves on!
MOM is going to cruise out of the sphere ...
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What is "forward rotation" of a spacecraft?
According to ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM):
Forward rotation of the spacecraft
has been completed successfully.
What kind of maneuver is that and what is its purpose?
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Why did ISRO require additional tracking ships in the South Pacific for its MOM mission?
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) so far never before used additional marine vessels to help track their launch vehicles, as an extension to the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN). So why did it ...
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Why are orbit raising maneuvers for Mangalyaan done in the early hours?
I was reading this news article, and it was mentioned that orbit raising is done in early hours. In all the five orbit raising operations, they are raising them only during night. What could be 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
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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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