Quote from: antriksh on 09/25/2014 05:47 amQuote from: vyoma on 09/25/2014 05:25 amFirst picture is here Some info[/url] on this picture:QuoteISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7.3 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.7.3 km?? wth? zooming?They corrected now. It's 7300 km
Quote from: vyoma on 09/25/2014 05:25 amFirst picture is here Some info[/url] on this picture:QuoteISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7.3 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.7.3 km?? wth? zooming?
First picture is here Some info[/url] on this picture:QuoteISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7.3 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.
ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7.3 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.
Syrtis Major was the first documented surface feature of another planet. It was discovered by Christiaan Huygens, who included it in a drawing of Mars in 1659. He used repeated observations of the feature to estimate the length of day on Mars.
Some info on this picture:QuoteISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.
ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.
Wowww... Thanks.. The lower right corner gives me the impression that this has been taken at the periapsis at very high speed. Doesn't the camera have something like an image stabilization?
So, Big Boss gets to see it first.
Ok. And I assume ISRO may not be planning to reduce the periapsis any further. I was wondering if they planned something of that sort since their original plan was to achieve a periapsis of 370km as against the 427 km that apparently became their new plan.
Quote from: vineethgk on 09/25/2014 05:35 amWowww... Thanks.. The lower right corner gives me the impression that this has been taken at the periapsis at very high speed. Doesn't the camera have something like an image stabilization?Nah.. motion blur would be uniform. For ALL Mars features. Those streaks are a feature of Syrtis Major.
Why do we have only this bit? Anyone know what the camera's usable Angle-of-View is (corresponding to full sensor area)? Anything >= 50 degrees x 50 degrees would've allowed imagery of the whole disk...
http://www.thenewsminute.com/lives/311
Quote from: vyoma on 09/25/2014 07:28 amhttp://www.thenewsminute.com/lives/311To the world space community: Can we PLEASE start work on sample return already? Not a(nother) study, but cutting metal. Please?
The 2020 rover is supposed to be the first step towards MSR
I found this image on the net showing feature of Syrtis major that you mentioned that is also present in MOM's image
Quote from: antriksh on 09/25/2014 08:08 amI found this image on the net showing feature of Syrtis major that you mentioned that is also present in MOM's imageWas about to jump with joy thinking it is second image from MOM.. Darn... Feeling like a 5 yr old kid waiting for toy promised by mom (pun intended)..
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MOMs first picture of Mars - I was just trying to find the location on Mars, (MOMs picture in upside-down mode). please see the attached jpg..
Which brings me to the question - what were the factors that limited the payload mass in MOM to 15kg? Considering that we used a standard I-1K satellite bus, was the bus a bit over-weight for the job? Or maybe it was the greater number of redundant systems that ISRO had to build into the spacecraft to ensure success?
Quote from: antriksh on 09/25/2014 08:45 am..image...Please, could you attach images instead of embedding them? It happens a lot in this thread, and it breaks page layout Also, congratulations to India for this impressive achievement! As noted above, it's a PR victory as well, next to the scientific and technical feat. I'm still a bit irked by the comparison regarding MAVEN price though..apples and oranges.