Mangalyaan: ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission

tushar_m · Post by **tushar_m** » 22 Sep 2014 09:35

Wo sab theek hai , par mileage kitna deti hai ?

Better than rickshaw which gives INR 15 per km.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 22 Sep 2014 10:42

^^^ Enjoyed that Tushar.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 22 Sep 2014 10:44

MOM will fail onlee.

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 22 Sep 2014 12:19

30 minutes to go for the 4s test burn of the engine.

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 22 Sep 2014 12:30

fingers crossed.

MOM will fail onlee

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 22 Sep 2014 13:08

Correction:
4s test burn at 2.30 PM IST.

ravar · Post by **ravar** » 22 Sep 2014 13:14

Is anyone (DD, ISRO website) covering this live?

SanjayC · Post by **SanjayC** » 22 Sep 2014 13:37

Mars Orbiter Mission enters martian gravitational sphere of influence

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Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » 22 Sep 2014 13:45

Almost time now....

dinesha · Post by **dinesha** » 22 Sep 2014 13:47

13 minutes of wait time...

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 22 Sep 2014 13:58

Firing is over and we have yo wait till 2.42 (14.42) for information. Dilbu needs to go in action

dinesha · Post by **dinesha** » 22 Sep 2014 14:03

Success !!!!!

dinesha · Post by **dinesha** » 22 Sep 2014 14:03

Congratulations to ISRO and India!!!

dinesha · Post by **dinesha** » 22 Sep 2014 14:03

ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission Main Liquid Engine test firing successful!
https://www.facebook.com/isromom

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 22 Sep 2014 14:04

Firing succesful

member_28714 · Post by **member_28714** » 22 Sep 2014 14:04

awesome ... lungi dance happenning at office

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 22 Sep 2014 14:04

Success! That was nerve wracking with 4 cigarettes!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 22 Sep 2014 14:05

Perfect. Was up till now to see this. Bravo! And now I can sleep in peace.

girish.r · Post by **girish.r** » 22 Sep 2014 14:06

saravana wrote:Success! That was nerve wracking with 4 cigarettes!

Congrats ISRO. Yeah my lungs too were in overdrive.

dinesha · Post by **dinesha** » 22 Sep 2014 14:06

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 22 Sep 2014 14:07

Lungi dance.. lungi dance...
MOM will fail onlee.

Ranjani Brow · Post by **Ranjani Brow** » 22 Sep 2014 14:11

#MarsOrbiter Main Liquid Engine test firing successful!!

A Big success on a way to even bigger Failure

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 22 Sep 2014 14:11

congratulations to all Indians. Dilbu saar it worked as usual.

Nitesh · Post by **Nitesh** » 22 Sep 2014 14:11

congratulations to ISRO, now 2 days of wait begins

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 22 Sep 2014 14:13

So how does the communication from MOM works? Crudely put request/response or push model?

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 22 Sep 2014 14:26

Is this it ? Is the mission success..? Kuch to bolo.

MoM will fail miserably

member_28397 · Post by **member_28397** » 22 Sep 2014 14:34

VikasRaina wrote: Is this it ? Is the mission success..? Kuch to bolo.

24 Sep is the insertion of the spacecraft into Mars Orbit. Success ratio is half for orbit insertions till date. Hopefully MOM will increase the success ratio.

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 22 Sep 2014 14:38

Vikas it is only a trajectory correction maneuver using the LAM which will be used for Mars Orbital Insertion (MOI) which is the half an hour terror for us.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 22 Sep 2014 14:44

Congratulations ISRO for sterling success. India will be fourth after US, Russia and EU Space Agency to achieve this success and FIRST ASIAN Country to do so. It will be also the FIRST to achieve this success in first try. So far 51 Mission have been launched and 21 are only successful.

Zee TV had continued coverage. DD had some. Rest were bottom Breaking News. Apparently this is not a big achievement to be worthy of coverage of decent duration by MSM.

hecky ji , Only Dilbu is BRF's Official Anti Jinx Wizard.

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 22 Sep 2014 14:47

prasannasimha wrote:Vikas it is only a trajectory correction maneuver using the LAM which will be used for Mars Orbital Insertion (MOI) which is the half an hour terror for us.

According to ISRO , this was just a test for 4 Sec using 567gm fuel to check if LAM will work. Main Exam is on 24th when it will be fired for abt 24 Minutes to MOI.

dinesha · Post by **dinesha** » 22 Sep 2014 14:56

The event is most likely to be covered live by the DD News as PM is going to present to witness the MOI on 24th..

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 22 Sep 2014 15:01

Hope they do cover from 4 am IST

member_24793 · Post by **member_24793** » 22 Sep 2014 15:12

Gurus, any info on the time of action on 24th? I heard its early morning, but not sure of the exact time. Please inform...

symontk · Post by **symontk** » 22 Sep 2014 15:16

I have one idea,

if there is a supply mission to MOM to supply fuel and that the satellite can be kept alive for next six years it would field test for going to Jupliter / Saturn too

Congrats ISRO!. Efforts of LPSC units in Trivandrum, Nagercoil and Bangalore showed the fruits

Another strategic dimension is that ISRO's engines are restartable in space after a gap of year and it can be used for firing warheads if necessary from space

Waiting for 24th Sept 8AM IST

KrishG · Post by **KrishG** » 22 Sep 2014 15:18

venkatesh_v wrote:Gurus, any info on the time of action on 24th? I heard its early morning, but not sure of the exact time. Please inform...

This firing was supposed to occur 41 hours before MOI. So, MOI should start at 5:30 AM IST on 24th.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 22 Sep 2014 15:20

Isro page says 4am

aditya_d · Post by **aditya_d** » 22 Sep 2014 15:22

The Hindu says 7:17am on 24th Sept 2014

Journey to the Red Planet

At about 7:17 am on September 24, the orbiter's engine will commence the burn to take the spacecraft into orbit about Mars according to ISRO

KrishG · Post by **KrishG** » 22 Sep 2014 15:25

saravana wrote:Isro page says 4am

Basically there will be a window of a few hours within which orbital insertion can take place. The exact time at which LAM starts firing will be left to ISRO to decide.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 22 Sep 2014 15:32

This 4 am is T - 3 from the engine firing. Commences from change over to medium gain antenna. So yes 7:17 is the start for firing liquid engine

Ashokk · Post by **Ashokk** » 22 Sep 2014 15:33