Google doodle celebrates Mangalyaan's one month in Mars orbit
Mangalyaan in an orbit around Mars
In a tribute to India's space-technology prowess, Google is celebrating with a doodle today the completion of one month by Mangalyaan in an orbit around Mars.
Mangalyan is Saskrit name for "Mars Craft" launched by India. ("Mars-craft" मंगल mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle")
Information about Mangalyan
| Lift-off Mass | 1337 kg |
| Structures | Aluminum and Composite Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) sandwich construction- modified I-1 K Bus |
| Mechanism | Solar Panel Drive Mechanism (SPDM), Reflector & Solar panel deployment |
| Propulsion | Bi propellant system (MMH + N2O4) with additional safety and redundancy features for MOI. Proplellant mass:852 kg |
| Thermal System | Passive thermal control system |
| Power System | Single Solar Array-1.8m X 1.4 m - 3 panels - 840 W Generation (in Martian orbit), Battery:36AH Li-ion |
| Attitude and Orbit Control System | AOCE (Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics): with MAR31750 Processor
Sensors: Star sensor (2Nos), Solar Panel Sun Sensor (1No), Coarse Analogue Sun Sensor Actuators: Reaction Wheels (4Nos), Thrusters (8Nos), 440N Liquid Engine |
| Antennae | Low Gain Antenna (LGA), Mid Gain Antenna (MGA) and High Gain Antenna (HGA) |
| Launch Date | Nov 05, 2013 |
| Launch Site | SDSC SHAR Centre, Sriharikota, India |
| Launch Vehicle | PSLV - C25 |
It is really great to see that whole world is praising India's Mission to Mars, best thing about this Mission is that it is completed in record time with budget less than what cost to make the movie Gravity
The Indian Space Research Organization's Mars Orbiting Mission (MOM) captured imagery of the tiny moon transiting the Red Planet In October 2014.
The image was taken from an altitude of 74500 km from the surface of Mars.
First image taken by ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission, it is taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution.
Anaglyph 3D image of Mars - generated using multiple pictures acquired by Mars Color Camera.
Another full disc image of Mars, taken by the Mars Color Camera, from an altitude of 66,543 km.
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