#Post 1: Great victory of ISRO- MOM

       I am very very HAPPY and Excited for writing my first Blog on the Great Achievement of ISRO(Indian Space Research Organisation). Yes It is all about the Mars Orbiter Mission.  The World had seen the most unforgettable moment  in it’s history on early morning (IST) of  24^th September 2014.  

                As whole world was eagerly waiting for this moment, As a Indian I was also excited. It was a great proud moment for all Indians. India creates history by successfully inserting Spacecraft into Martian Orbital as India becomes the first Country who successfully launched the Spacecraft into Martian Orbital in it's first Attempt. Also it is the  First Asian country who launched such mission and successfully completed it and it used only 450 Crore Rupees for mission which is the least amount in history of Mars mission.  ISRO has become only the fourth space agency which has successfully launched a Mars mission.

                The Prime Minister of India Mr.Narendra Modi  and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah were at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore to witness the crucial Mars Orbiter Insertion. Also live telecast is there by various News Channels  by courtesy of DD NATIONAL.  ISRO itself provided live webcasting link http://webcast.isro.gov.in/ . ISRO also giving updates of every few minutes of this last phase on facebook and twitter.

                                                   Image: Prime Minister of India Mr.Narendra Modi

These last minutes are really at the highest point of Excitement. Including  more than 200 scientists present there at Banglore  and we all waiting for accomplishment of mission by keeping fingers crossed.

                    Image:200+ Scientist observing each minute movement of spacecraft

                So let me take this opportunity and discuss something about this whole Mission. First of lets know more about ISRO.

                The Indian Space Research Organization ( भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन Bhāratīya Antarikṣa Anusandhāna Sanga-than) is the primary space agency of India. ISRO is amongst the largest government space agencies in the world. The objective of ISRO is to develop space technology and its application to various national tasks. Accordingly, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully operationalised two major satellite systems namely Indian National Satellites (INSAT) for communication services and Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites for management of natural resources; also, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for launching IRS type of satellites and Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) for launching INSAT type of satellites.

                Mission consists of  following three main phases:

1.Geo Centric Phase

2.Helio Centric Phase

3.Martian Phase

                                                              Image: Trajectory Design
                                                              source: Internet

Pre-Launch Updates

                The  information you can get at: http://www.isro.org/mars/mission-profile.aspx

                                                                            http://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c25/c25-status.aspx

                                                                            http://www.isro.gov.in/mars/updates.aspx

                                                      Image: Head Persons of MOM
                                                      source: Various news pages on internet

            Mangalyaan is primarily a technological mission and it has been configured to carry out observation of physical features of Mars and carry out limited study of the Martian atmosphere. ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan personally led the team of 14 top space scientists in this mission and worked on it for 15 months. More than 200 space scientists were in the control room monitoring even the minutest details of the Mars Mission's final phase. All restless efforts by all ISRO Scientists take India to a peak point make proud all of us by this wonderful victory.
Video is available at: http://www.isro.org/mars/moi-video.aspx

                                As IBN-Live says,

                “September 24, 2014 will go down as a red-letter day in the annals of space exploration as the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) achieved which no space agency in world including the USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) managed to do in their first attempt.”

                Thank You!!

 Information References: http://www.isro.gov.in

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