Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in its 100th Orbit around MarsIndia’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is in its 100th orbit around Mars today (Start : June 22, 2015 End: June 25, 2015). The spacecraft was designed for a mission life of six months in Mars orbit, which was completed on March 24, 2015. With this, the primary objectives of the Mars Orbiter Mission were realised.Mars Orbiter spacecraft has outlived its prime mission life and is healthy and operational. The spacecraft, which had earlier entered the ‘blackout phase’ (due to Mars moving behind the Sun from Earth’s perspective), is gradually coming out of that phase. The spacecraft health data is now being received. The current elliptical orbit of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft has a periareion (nearest point to Mars) of 474 km and an apoareion (farthest point to Mars) of 71, 132 km. The payloads onboard the Spacecraft were last operated in May 2015, and performance of all payloads were satisfactory. Mars Colour Camera (MCC) of the spacecraft had taken 405 frames so far. Operations of all payloads will restart in a few weeks from now.
Image from Mars Colour Camera (MCC), taken on May 09, 2015 at 16:11:23UT at an altitude of 535 km and resolution ~25m. This is the last image taken before going into blackout mode. The image shows the area between Sinai and Lassell craters
BENGALURU: The country's low-cost Mars mission spacecraft that is in a rendezvous with the red planet for an extended period has enough fuel for it to last "many years", Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Kiran Kumar said on Friday.
He said, "still about 45 kg of fuel is left; ...we are hardly using the fuel, fuel requirement is very small."
QuoteHe said, "still about 45 kg of fuel is left; ...we are hardly using the fuel, fuel requirement is very small."They were saying they had 37 kg in December.http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29440.msg1308601#msg1308601Then 39 kg two months ago.http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/mangalyaan-can-survive-for-years-in-martian-orbit-isro-chief/I suspect they have a fuel generator on board
Image of impact crater located SW of Huygens crater, taken by Mars Color Camera (MCC) on 04-05-2015 at a spatial resolution of 30 m from an altitude of 576 km. Complex impact crater, superimposed over pre-existing crater is clearly seen in this image. This impact crater is having average diameter of 35 km. Terraces of complex impact crater and craters of small diameter distributed in this image are also seen.
Well done ISRO on the PDF booklet - be nice see a follow up containg images from Mars Orbiter and other science data facts they find.
Gale crater as seen by Mars Colour Camera on board Mars Orbiter MissionGale crater is located near the northwestern part of the Aeolis quadrangle. The crater was named after Walter Frederic Gale, an Australian amateur astronomer of 19th century. Aeolis Mons rises (5.5 km) from the floor of the Gale crater. Gale crater formed when a meteor hit Mars in its early history, about 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago. This image is taken by Mars Colour Camera on January 17, 2015 at an altitude of 9004 km with a resolution of 468 m.
First image taken by MCC after MOM comes out of blackoutAfter MOM blackout, all the instruments are up and started acquiring data as usual. Mars Color Camera (MCC), the eye of MOM continue to send beautiful images of Martian terrain.This image is pertaining to Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle of Mars, above Dawes crater and to the left of Schroeter crater.This image was captured on July 14, 2015 at an altitude of 2555 km with a resolution of 132.8 m.
3D portrayals of Ophir Chasma terrain.The image taken by Mars Colour Camera over Ophir Chasma,a canyon in the Coprates quadrangleof Mars at 4° south latitude and 72.5° west longitude. The word chasma has been designated by the International Astronomical Union to refer to an elongate, steepsided depression. Ophir Chasma is part ofthe largest canyon system in the solar system known as vallesmarineris. The walls of the chasma contain many layers and the floors contain large deposits of layered materials. This image is taken on 19th July 2015 at an altitude of 1857 km with a resolution of 96 m.
MOM first to take images of the far side of Deimoshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/MOM-first-to-snap-far-side-of-Mars-moon-Isro-chief/articleshow/48535485.cms
Quote from: sanman on 08/19/2015 12:14 amMOM first to take images of the far side of Deimoshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/MOM-first-to-snap-far-side-of-Mars-moon-Isro-chief/articleshow/48535485.cmsMight have been nice if the linked article had actually included said image...
four images of Deimos about 12 seconds apart at 13:06 UT on October 14, 2014. The images have a resolution of about 300 meters per pixel; Deimos is roughly 13 kilometers wide.
...enlarged them 400% and stacked them to try to make something of them. If nothing else, the stacking reduced the artifacts of the Bayer color interpolation in the originals.