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MOM spacecraft was launched last year (5th Nov 2013) and today it entered into Martian orbit. Here's the twitter handle of spacecraft: https://twitter.com/MarsO
by swatkat 12y ago
MOM spacecraft was launched last year (5th Nov 2013) and today it entered into Martian orbit. Here's the twitter handle of spacecraft: https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter
Mars Orbit Insertion was covered live on ISRO webcast (http://webcast.isro.gov.in/ http://webcast.isro.gov.in/), Doordarshan National TV and other channels. Here's the complete coverage of MOI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZL_Vwy0JqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZL_Vwy0JqI
MOI sequence of events: http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mom/status.html http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mom/status.html
MOM carries five scientific payloads: http://www.isro.org/mars/payload.aspx http://www.isro.org/mars/payload.aspx
Expecting first set of colour pictures from MOM by today evening (IST) :)
- adityab 12y agoAnd it's already getting friendly with the Curiosity Rover. ;-) https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter/status/514618412417302528 https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter/status/514618412417302528
- swatkat 12y agoThis just in: first photograph has been taken using MCC payload (Mars Colour Camera) and will be released soon[1] :) By the way, here's the picture taken by MCC when MOM was orbiting Earth: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/earth/mom-first-image-earth.html http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/earth/mom-f... [1] http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29440.msg1261644#msg1261644 http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=29440.msg12...