INDIA’S MISSION

TO MARSONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICAL

INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS EVER UNDERTAKEN

A presentation By Harsh Manwani

RECENTLY, INDIA’S MANGALYAAN SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED MARS’ ORBIT, JOINING NASA’S OWN MAVEN SATELLITE.

CURIOSTIY WELCOMES MANGALYAAN WITH A TWEET

MANGALYAAN

WEIGHS 1,350 KG

LAUNCHED NOV 5, 2013 IN MARS ORBIT SEPT 24, 2014 CLOSEST POINT TO MARS 366 KM

Cost ….. Rs 450 crore

CHEAPER THAN NASA’S MISSION

RS 450 crores RS 3950 croresCost ofINDIA’s MANGALYAAN Mission

Cost of NASA’s MAVEN Mission

TO KEEP COSTS LOW, INDIA RELIED ON REUSINGTECHNOLOGIES. FUEL WAS SAVED BY USING A SMALLERROCKET TO PUT ITS SPACECRAFT INTO EARTH’S ORBIT FIRSTBEFORE SLINGSHOTTING IT TOWARD MARS.

MANGALYAAN’S MARS MISSION

MONITOR THE TAKE COLOR MAP THE PLANET’S ATMOSPHERIC PLANET'S PICTURES OF MINERAL ANALYSIS WEATHER THE SURFACE COMPOSITION

METHANE ON MARS

MANGALYAAN IS EQUIPPED WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO MEASURE METHANE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

SOME SCIENTISTS SEE METHANE AS A POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY. ITS PRESENCE ON MARS MAY PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS ONCE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING LIFE.

SOME FACTS ABOUT MANGALYAAN( MOM : Mars Orbiter Mission of INDIA)

#1. Cheapest Mars Mission Ever.#2. Developed and deployed in just 15 months.#3. A trip to Mars = 73,791+ trips from Jammu to Kanyakumari!#4. No country has ever had a successful Mars mission at the first attempt. Only INDIA did. #5. Only 3 countries have sent successful Martian missions. India is the 4th.#5. MOM to determine levels of water & methane in Martian atmosphere .#6. It takes 14 minutes for a signal to reach Mars!#7. NASA’s incredible support to the mission.

CELEBRATION

“Mangalyaan: Odds Against Us, But We Prevailed,”

-Says PM Narendra Modi