The PSLV-C25 Rocket carrying Mars Orbiter Spacecraft blasted off from first launch pad in Sriharikota on Tuesday afternoon at 14:38 hrs IST ( 5th November, 2013). After 45 minutes of flight, the first phase of India's first Mars Mission was announced as successful.
Chairman of ISRO said that the first phase of Mars orbiter Mission is succesful soon after the rocket injected the spacecraft into an Earth Orbit after 45 minutes of flight.
The nail-biting -- phase came soon after the third stage of the rocket burned out, and the blip on the tracking screens disappeared. Chairman explained earlier to the media that the rocket would be on a coasting phase for almost 28 minutes, 10 minutes of which will be a "total blind phase." The mission control witnessed some silent moments during this period. And, when mission director P Kunhikrishnan reported that the first of the two ships in the South Pacific Ocean had picked up signal from the rocket, the scientists lit up.
About 35 minutes into the flight, the rocket was cruising at an altitude "slightly higher than the expected trajectory,". Soon, the orbiter was injected into an elliptical Earth orbit in what Kunhikrishnan called a "precision exercise." What follows in the next 10 days would be six crucial "orbit raising operations," in the wee hours of November 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 16. The Mars Orbiter would leave the earth's orbit for a 300 day journey to Mars on 1st December, 2013 at 12:42 AM. The Mars Orbiter is expected to be in Mar's orbit on 24th September, 2014.
Here is a video showing the live telecast of the PSLV_C25 launch.
Chairman of ISRO said that the first phase of Mars orbiter Mission is succesful soon after the rocket injected the spacecraft into an Earth Orbit after 45 minutes of flight.
The nail-biting -- phase came soon after the third stage of the rocket burned out, and the blip on the tracking screens disappeared. Chairman explained earlier to the media that the rocket would be on a coasting phase for almost 28 minutes, 10 minutes of which will be a "total blind phase." The mission control witnessed some silent moments during this period. And, when mission director P Kunhikrishnan reported that the first of the two ships in the South Pacific Ocean had picked up signal from the rocket, the scientists lit up.
About 35 minutes into the flight, the rocket was cruising at an altitude "slightly higher than the expected trajectory,". Soon, the orbiter was injected into an elliptical Earth orbit in what Kunhikrishnan called a "precision exercise." What follows in the next 10 days would be six crucial "orbit raising operations," in the wee hours of November 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 16. The Mars Orbiter would leave the earth's orbit for a 300 day journey to Mars on 1st December, 2013 at 12:42 AM. The Mars Orbiter is expected to be in Mar's orbit on 24th September, 2014.
The 1,350-kilogram (3,000-pound) orbiter Mangalyaan, which means "Mars
craft" in Hindi, must travel 780 million kilometers (485 million miles)
over 300 days to reach an orbit around the red planet next September. "The biggest challenge will be precisely navigating the spacecraft to
Mars," said K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space and Research
Organization. "We will know if we pass our examination on Sept. 24,
2014."
Here is a video showing the live telecast of the PSLV_C25 launch.
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