Author Topic: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission - Nov 2013 launch to September 2014 arrival - UPDATES  (Read 786924 times)

Offline Steven Pietrobon

  • Member
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 39214
  • Adelaide, Australia
    • Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
  • Liked: 32734
  • Likes Given: 8178
Congratulations to ISRO and India for the successful orbit insertion of MOM! Best of luck for trans Mars insertion and Mars orbit insertion.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

Offline AJA

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 889
  • Per Aspera Ad Ares, Per Aspera Ad Astra
  • India
  • Liked: 146
  • Likes Given: 212
Caught this in the background of the Chairman speaking: Primary deployment over... (Arrays and/or Antennae?)

Offline Chris Bergin

Very precise parameters.
Support NSF via L2 -- Help improve NSF -- Site Rules/Feedback/Updates
**Not a L2 member? Whitelist this forum in your adblocker to support the site and ensure full functionality.**

Offline Star One

  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13997
  • UK
  • Liked: 3974
  • Likes Given: 220
Congratulations to all at ISRO on the successful completion of the first stage of this mission.
« Last Edit: 11/05/2013 08:59 am by Star One »

Offline Chris Bergin

William Graham's article - updated post launch:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/11/india-mars-debut-pslv-mom/

Thanks to all for the coverage on this live thread.
« Last Edit: 11/05/2013 08:59 am by Chris Bergin »
Support NSF via L2 -- Help improve NSF -- Site Rules/Feedback/Updates
**Not a L2 member? Whitelist this forum in your adblocker to support the site and ensure full functionality.**

Online SimonFD

Fantastic effort! Well done to all involved  8)
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so

Offline input~2

  • Moderator
  • Global Moderator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6810
  • Liked: 1540
  • Likes Given: 567
Apparently the S/C initial orbit is very close to the wanted one:
observed: 246.9 x 23566.69 km x 19.2°
wanted: 250 x 23500 km x 19.2°

edit: refined values from TTC ship data
« Last Edit: 11/05/2013 10:56 am by input~2 »

Offline seshagirib

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 328
  • terra firma
  • Liked: 25
  • Likes Given: 37
whew!! that was some 40 minutes!
congrats! isro
astronaut on space ship earth

Offline Silmfeanor

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1254
  • Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Liked: 403
  • Likes Given: 722
Congratulations to everyone involved and to all of India!
Now for the Journey to mars!

Offline vyoma

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1878
  • India
  • Liked: 850
  • Likes Given: 127
Congratulations to ISRO  :D

Offline input~2

  • Moderator
  • Global Moderator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6810
  • Liked: 1540
  • Likes Given: 567
Crucial parameter: Argument of perigee :
achieved: 282.785°
Wanted: 282.55°

Offline Steven Pietrobon

  • Member
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 39214
  • Adelaide, Australia
    • Steven Pietrobon's Space Archive
  • Liked: 32734
  • Likes Given: 8178
Confirmation of deployment of solar arrays and antenna.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

Offline antriksh

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 758
  • Liked: 132
  • Likes Given: 107
solar panels deployed!
Nasadiya Sukta:
Srishti se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin | Antariksh bhi nahin, aakaash bhi nahin thaa | chhipaa thaa kyaa, kahaan, kisne dhakaa thaa | us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa ||

From: 1st verse of 129th Hymn of the 10th Book of Rig Veda

Offline AJA

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 889
  • Per Aspera Ad Ares, Per Aspera Ad Astra
  • India
  • Liked: 146
  • Likes Given: 212
Yeah.. Dr. S K Shivakumar (Director, ISRO Satellite centre) confirms both primary and secondary deployment (i.e. deployment to final configuration) of solar panels.

Offline rickl

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 899
  • Pennsylvania, USA
  • Liked: 146
  • Likes Given: 150
Congratulations, ISRO!


It was exciting to follow the mission here and on the various video feeds.  Good coverage.
The Space Age is just starting to get interesting.

Offline sanman

  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5974
  • Liked: 1312
  • Likes Given: 8
Congrats to ISRO! Hoping for a successful Mars orbital insertion!

Waiting for MAVEN to join it over there!

Offline vyoma

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1878
  • India
  • Liked: 850
  • Likes Given: 127
Superb speech by Prof. UR Rao.
« Last Edit: 11/06/2013 02:27 am by vyoma »

Offline AJA

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 889
  • Per Aspera Ad Ares, Per Aspera Ad Astra
  • India
  • Liked: 146
  • Likes Given: 212
Haha..
Prof. U R Rao capturing the tense moments prior to AOS by the first ship.


LMAO. EPIC.
"Indians have no problem spending 5000 crores on Diwali crackers that don't go up 10 feet, but they're shouting about 450 crores to the Mars mission!"


(Btw, did anyone catch the peanut distribution? Did it happen? Maybe before coverage picked up)

Offline antriksh

  • Full Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 758
  • Liked: 132
  • Likes Given: 107
The Journey has started, hoping for the best!!
Nasadiya Sukta:
Srishti se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin | Antariksh bhi nahin, aakaash bhi nahin thaa | chhipaa thaa kyaa, kahaan, kisne dhakaa thaa | us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa ||

From: 1st verse of 129th Hymn of the 10th Book of Rig Veda

Offline sanman

  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5974
  • Liked: 1312
  • Likes Given: 8
Heard the NDTV anchor (Vishnu Som) state that solar panel deployment confirmed

Tags:
 

Advertisement NovaTech
Advertisement Northrop Grumman
Advertisement
Advertisement Margaritaville Beach Resort South Padre Island
Advertisement Brady Kenniston
Advertisement NextSpaceflight
Advertisement Nathan Barker Photography
1