ISRO Mars Mission NY Times

I read about ISRO Mars Mission in New York Times. I want to get more about this, so will you please suggest me from where I will get complete details about ISRO Mars Mission?

ISRO has launched Mars Orbiter Mission in past years.

Mars Orbiter Mission is India's first interplanetary mission to planet Mars.

Here I am giving complete information about Mars Orbiter Mission for your reference:


There are total five payloads on Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft:

Mars Colour Camera (MCC)
Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS)
Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP)
Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM)
Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA)

Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft
Lift-off Mass 1337 kg

Structures Aluminium and Composite Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) sandwich construction-modified I-1 K Bus

Mechanism Solar Panel Drive Mechanism (SPDM), Reflector & Solar panel deployment

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

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

PSLV-C25, twenty fifth flight of PSLV launched Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
PSLV- C25 Stages at a Glance
STAGE-1 PSOM-XL STAGE-2
Propellant Solid Solid Liquid
(HTPB Based) (HTPB Based) (UH25 + N2O4)
Propellant Mass (Tonne) 138 12.2 42
Peak Thrust (kN) 4800 718 799
Burn Time (sec) 103 50 148
Diameter (m) 2.8 1 2.8
Length (m) 20 12 12.8


STAGE-3 STAGE-4
Propellant Solid Liquid
(HTPB Based) (MMH + MON-3)
Propellant Mass (Tonne) 7.6 2.5
Peak Thrust (kN) 247 7.3 X 2
Burn Time (sec) 112 525
Diameter (m) 2 2.8
Length (m) 3.6 2.7


ISRO Mars Orbit Mission
isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/pdf/pslv-brochures/pslv-c25.pdf

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