Mangalyaan: ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission

manoba · Post by **manoba** » 05 Nov 2013 14:21

Congratulation ISRO.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:21

pass out the peanuts

Murugan · Post by **Murugan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:22

What is coasting?

How long it will take to reach near Martian Orbit?

Thanx in advance

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 05 Nov 2013 14:24

On its way!Good Luck ISRO! Greetings from BR to the little green men of Mars too,9 months from now!

sumishi · Post by **sumishi** » 05 Nov 2013 14:24

rajithn · Post by **rajithn** » 05 Nov 2013 14:25

Murugan wrote:What is coasting?

How long it will take to reach near Martian Orbit?

Thanx in advance

For the next month the satellite will orbit earth building enough velocity to catapult itself out of the Earth's gravitational influence. And then moving to the Sun's sphere of influence it will traverse space to reach Mars orbital position in Sept 2014. That's 10 months from now.

symontk · Post by **symontk** » 05 Nov 2013 14:25

Coasting is unpowered travel for the launch vehicle

shan · Post by **shan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:25

congrats ISRO

Good work by our own Doordarshan as well

PratikDas · Post by **PratikDas** » 05 Nov 2013 14:26

Coasting normal

chackojoseph · Post by **chackojoseph** » 05 Nov 2013 14:27

ISRO server crashes?

Murugan · Post by **Murugan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:29

rajithn-ji

thanks a bunch!

manoba · Post by **manoba** » 05 Nov 2013 14:29

Way to go ISRO. I'm really looking forward to Mangalyaan-MOM prove men are truly from Mars.

partha · Post by **partha** » 05 Nov 2013 14:31

5000 km range achieved in 20 mins

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 05 Nov 2013 14:31

What is the first milestone post liftoff? Need to exhale

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 05 Nov 2013 14:32

^ Separation satellite from the Rocket..

VikramS · Post by **VikramS** » 05 Nov 2013 14:32

not tracking the pre-computed trajectory... Higher than expected. Hope then can manage it over time.

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 05 Nov 2013 14:33

chackojoseph wrote:ISRO server crashes?

Yes.
YOutube blocked where I am.
DD live did not load.
NDTV was showing some weird cr@p.

Was late to CNN-IBN live---but saw the coast phase.

rajithn · Post by **rajithn** » 05 Nov 2013 14:34

The crucial phase is now. When we lose track of the actual coasting and use simulative extrapolations. Let me rephrase that: there are so many crucial inflection points during this entire episode. The launch, the long coasting, the black-out periods in between, moving from earth's gravitational influence and then moving in and out of the Sun's influence, reaching orbital position around Mars, the ignition of motors after a long lull...Mr. Radhakrishnan rightly calls this a Technology Demonstrator. The aspect where we actually study the Mars surface will be the bonus.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 05 Nov 2013 14:35

Thanks harbans. Took a break from office and managed to catch just in time. Still fidgety

sumishi · Post by **sumishi** » 05 Nov 2013 14:36

VikramS wrote:not tracking the pre-computed trajectory... Higher than expected. Hope then can manage it over time.

we egged it too much?

Victor · Post by **Victor** » 05 Nov 2013 14:37

Alternative link.
Youtube seems to have problems above 7k viewers.

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 05 Nov 2013 14:37

Over performance can be corrected..no issues.

Murugan · Post by **Murugan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:38

Dukhdarshan lived upto its name.
They must be giving commentary on AIR

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 05 Nov 2013 14:41

ISRO:
Spacecraft now out of range - waiting for info from Nalanda ship for 4th Stage separation

sumishi · Post by **sumishi** » 05 Nov 2013 14:41

Ignition of 4th stage in about 4-5 minutes.

Murugan · Post by **Murugan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:43

Youtube link has gone mad, looped

rajanb · Post by **rajanb** » 05 Nov 2013 14:44

Fourt stage ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!

member_23658 · Post by **member_23658** » 05 Nov 2013 14:45

nalanda starts receiving signals, blackout period end

PratikDas · Post by **PratikDas** » 05 Nov 2013 14:48

This link is working turbotv.in/dd-national/

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 05 Nov 2013 14:49

Long coasting phase = 12k km ICBM capability proven.

member_23694 · Post by **member_23694** » 05 Nov 2013 14:49

check this...we have a delivery system that has gone more than 15000 km range with a payload

brat · Post by **brat** » 05 Nov 2013 14:49

Jai Ho! jai hind!

rajanb · Post by **rajanb** » 05 Nov 2013 14:51

The guidance system is correcting with 4th Stage power!

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:53

sat sep complete

ashvin · Post by **ashvin** » 05 Nov 2013 14:53

Congrats ISRO!!!

sumishi · Post by **sumishi** » 05 Nov 2013 14:53

Orbit achieved accurately!!

manoba · Post by **manoba** » 05 Nov 2013 14:54

Thanks PratikDas. It works.

Also, it seems http://webcast.gov.in/live/ is also back.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 05 Nov 2013 14:54

Congratulations ISRO !

PratikDas · Post by **PratikDas** » 05 Nov 2013 14:54

Awesome, ISRO. What a course correction that was!

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 05 Nov 2013 14:55

turbotv.in/dd-national/

great link, quality and speed