mangalyaan pre-launch briefing / vis viva
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This presentation was prepared as a pre-launch briefing by Saish Sridharan. It was to be given at our launch event for the Mars Orbiter Mission ("Mangalyaan") of ISRO. Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties and did manage to deliver it in time. https://twitter.com/SocietyVisViva https://www.facebook.com/SocietyVisViva http://www.visviva.nlTRANSCRIPT
1ISRO MOM Launch
Mangalyaan
MARSORBITER MISSION
Objectives
Technological Objective• Design and realisation of a Mars orbiter • Deep space communication, navigation, mission
planning and management.• Incorporate autonomous features to handle contingency
situations.Scientific Objective• Exploration of Mars surface features, morphology,
topography, mineralogy, and Martian atmosphere.
Features
•Mass – 1240 kg• Launch vehicle – PSLV XL• Propulsion – Bi propellant system (MMH +
N2O4)• Power system – Deployable solar array,
batteries•AOCS – AOCE, Star sensor, solar panel sun
sensor, reaction wheels (4 nos), thrusters (8 nos), 440 N liquid engine• S band for TTC and data
Payloads
• Lyman AlphaPhotometer•Mars colour camera•Methane sensor•Mars exopheric neutral analyser•Thermal infrared imaging spectrometer
Ground Segment
• S–band sea borne terminals (located in the Pacific ocean)• JPL Deep space network (located at Canberra,
Goldstone and Madrid)• ISTRAC ground network• Indian Deep space network (located in
Bangalore)• Indian space science data centre (ISSDC)
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