The complete and successful journey of ISRO’S Mars orbiter Spacecraft

"History has been created. This is a very proud full moment for all Indians. ISRO’S Mars orbiter Spacecraft has successfully enters Mars orbit. Aaj MOM ka Mangal se milan ho gaya, aur Mangal ko MOM mil gayi," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said congratulating scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) for putting India on the world map of space exploration and becoming the first to have a successful Mars mission on debut. In this article we share the successful journey of MOS from starting to ending.

Date

24-09-2014

Spacecraft Successfully enters Martian Orbit
Burn Start of Main Liquid Engine Confirmed
The radio link between the Spacecraft and Earth is now blocked by Mars.
Eclipse starts - The Spacecraft is in shadow of Mars
Forward rotation starts
Changed Over to Medium Gain Antenna

22-09-2014

Test Firing of Main Liquid Engine of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is Successful.

17-09-2014

Uploading of commands for Fourth Trajectory Correction Manoeuver and test-firing of Main Liquid Engine (scheduled for Sep 22, 2014) is in progress.

16-09-2014

Time-tagged commands to execute Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) uploaded.

15-09-2014

Time-tagged commands to execute Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) uploading and verification in progress.
Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) is scheduled on Sep 24, 2014 early morning.

12-06-2014

The second Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM-2) of India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was successfully performed on June 11, 2014 at 1630 hrs IST. TCM-2 was performed by firing the spacecraft’s 22 Newton thrusters for a duration of 16 seconds.
At present, the radio distance between the Spacecraft and the Earth is 102 million km. A radio signal from the Earth to the Spacecraft now takes about 340 seconds. The spacecraft so far has traveled a distance of 466 million km as part of its total Journey of 680 million km.
ISRO is continuously monitoring Mars Orbiter Spacecraft using Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN). The spacecraft and its five scientific instruments are in good health.

09-04-2014

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft Crosses Half Way Mark of its Journey.

11-02-2014

100 Days Of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft.

11-12-2013

The first Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) of Spacecraft was carried out successfully at 06:30 hrs (IST) by firing the 22 Newton Thrusters for a duration of 40.5 seconds. The spacecraft is travelling at a distance of about 29 lakh (2.9 million) km away from Earth.

04-12-2013

Spacecraft has traversed beyond the Sphere of Influence (SOI) of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km at around 1:14 hrs (IST) on Dec 4, 2013.

02-12-2013

Spacecraft has travelled a distance of 5,36,000 km by 17:00 hrs (IST) of Dec 2, 2013. It has crossed the distance to Moon's orbit around Earth (mean distance 3,85,000 km) this morning.

01-12-2013

Medium Gain Antenna of the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is powered for long distance communication, subsequent to successful Trans Mars Injection (TMI) manoeuvre
Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operations completed successfully. The liquid engine burn time was 1328.89 sec and the imparted incremental velocity was 647.96 m/sec.
Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operations in progress.
Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operation began at 00:49 hrs (IST) on Sunday Dec 01, 2013.
Forward rotation of spacecraft, to put it into the right orientation to perform Trans Mars Injection (TMI) operation has been completed successfully at 00:30 hrs IST on Dec 1, 2013

16-11-2013

The fifth orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 01:27 hrs(IST) on Nov 16, 2013, with a burn Time of 243.5 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 118642km to 192874km.

12-11-2013

Fourth supplementary orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 05:03:50 hrs(IST) on Nov 12, 2013, with a burn Time of 303.8 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 78276km to 118642km.

11-11-2013

In the fourth orbit-raising operation conducted this morning (Nov 11, 2013), the apogee (farthest point to Earth) of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was raised from 71,623 km to 78,276 km by imparting an incremental velocity of 35 metres/second (as against 130 metres/second originally planned to raise apogee to about 100,000 [1 lakh] km). The spacecraft is in normal health.

09-11-2013

The third orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 02:10:43 hrs(IST) on Nov 09, 2013, with a burn time of 707 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 40186km to 71636km.

08-11-2013

The second orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 02:18:51 hrs(IST) on Nov 08, 2013, with a burn time of 570.6 seconds has been successfully completed. The observed change in Apogee is from 28814 km to 40186 km.

07-11-2013

The first orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, starting at 01:17 hrs(IST) on Nov 07, 2013 has been successfully completed.

05-11-2013

PSLV-C25, in its twenty fifth flight, successfully launches Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft from SDSC SHAR Sriharikota.

Pre-Launch Updates

Nov 05, 2013

PSLV-C25, in its twenty fifth flight successfully launches Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft from SDSC SHAR.
PSLV-C25 lifted off at 14:38 hrs.
Automatic sequencing of launch initiated.
Launch authorised by Mission Director for GO at 14:24 hrs.
Mobile Service Tower (MST) withdrawal to final parking (150m) completed. Countdown is normal.
All vehicle systems are switched ON for the final eight and half hour countdown starting at 6:08 hrs (IST).
Second Stage (PS2) Propellant filling operations completed.

Nov 04, 2013

Second Stage (PS2) Propellant filling commenced.
Mobile Service Tower (MST) withdrawal upto 50m is completed.
Mandatory Checks and Preparations for Propellant filling operations of Second Stage (PS2) are in progress.

Nov 03, 2013

Propellant filling of PS4 stage and RCT completed.
Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON) filling of PS4 completed at 17:00 hrs (IST).
Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON) filling of PS4 under progress.
Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) filling of Reaction Control Thrusters (RCT) completed.
Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) filling completed.
Propellant filling operations of Fourth Stage (PS4) are in progress.
The 56 hr 30 min countdown of Mission commenced at 06:08 hrs (IST).

Nov 02, 2013

All the pre-countdown activities have been completed satisfactorily and the 56 and half hr countdown of Mission will commence tomorrow at 06:08 hrs (IST).
Pre-count down activities of Mission commenced at 08:45 hrs.

Nov 01, 2013

Launch Authorisation Board has approved & cleared the PSLV-C25/Mars Orbiter Mission launch on Nov 05, 2013 at 14:38 hrs (IST)
56 and half hr countdown for launch will begin on Nov 03, 2013 at 06:08 hrs (IST)

Oct 31, 2013

Launch Rehearsal of PSLV-C25/Mars Orbiter Mission has been completed successfully in the afternoon on Oct 31, 2013.
Launch Rehearsal of PSLV-C25/Mars Orbiter Mission commenced at 06:08 hrs (IST) on Oct 31, 2013 at First Launch Pad, SDSC SHAR.
Vehicle systems powered and health is normal.

Oct 30, 2013

Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle integrated level checks completed.
Preparations for Launch Rehearsal are under progress.

Oct 22, 2013

Spacecraft Integration with the Launcher PSLV-C25 Completed.
Heat Shield Closure Activity is completed.