2013-060A
The spacecraft name is Mars Orbiter Satellite; mission name is Mars Orbiter Mission. It was known as Mangalyaan 1 in some media sources but this was not official.
Mars Orbiter Mission is mainly a technology mission, but carries a small, 15 kg, science payload to study the Martian atmosphere and in particular search for methane. However, US scientists claimed that the methane sensor, while able to measure Martian albedo, was not designed properly; background subtraction issues prevented a reliable measurement [839]
ISRO Mars orbiter. HAL structure, ISAC spacecraft. The Insat/IRS derived bus has an improved comms system and a 440N propulsion system designed for restart after a year in cruise. A single solar array is used, made of three 1.4 x 1.8m panels, with the 2.2m dia HGA on the opposite side. Box + panel + dish. 1337 kg probe full (850 kg prop, 500 kg dry) in 370 x 80000 km orbit. Mass prior to MOI was 801.3 kg. Mission requires 2.592 km/s. Comms via Indian Deep Space Station IDSN32, a 32-m antenna in Bangalore/Byalalu.
The PSLV-XL has 6 PSOM-XL, the S139 core, PL40 stage 2, HPS3 stage 3, L2.5 stage 4.
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| 2013 Nov 5 | 0908 | Launch by PSLV-XL C25 | SDSC |
| | | T+0:25 PSOM 5-6 on |
| | | T+1:10 PSOM 1-2 sep |
| | | T+1:10 PSOM 3-4 sep |
| | | T+1:32 PSOM 5-6 sep |
| | | T+1:52 PS1 sep |
| | | T+1:53 PS2 burn | 58 km, 2.387 km/s |
| | | T+3:21 Fairing | 113 km, 3.625 km/s |
| | 0912 | T+4:24 PS2 sep |
| | 0912 | T+4:26 PS3 burn 132 km, 5.379 km/s | -4364 x 132 |
| | 0917 | T+9:43 PS3 sep | -70? x 300? |
| | | Long coast, 27:24 |
| | 0943 | T+35:00 PS4 burn 271 km, 7.642 km/s | -70? x 300? |
| | 0951 | T+43:39 PS4 off | 342 km, 9.833 km/s |
| | 0952 | T+44:16 Stage 4 sep | 251 x 23892 x 19.35 |
| | | | 247 x 23563 x 19.27 (ISRO) |
| 2013 Nov 6 | 1947 | Peri burn 1 | 250 x 28814 km |
| 2013 Nov 7 | 2048:51 | Peri burn 2 570.6s | x 40186 km |
| 2013 Nov 8 | 1940:43 | Peri burn 3 707s | x 71636 km |
| 2013 Nov 10 | | Peri burn 4 35m/s | x 78276 |
| 2013 Nov 11 | 2333:50 | Peri burn 4b 303.8s | 276 x 118642 x 19.3 |
| 2013 Nov 15 | 1957 | Peri burn 5 243s 101.6m/s | x 192874 |
| | | | 853 x 194683 x 19.4 |
| 2013 Nov 16 | 1503 | Pass EL1:4 |
| 2013 Nov 30 | 1919 | Peri burn 6, SOI to Mars Transfer Traj 648m/s 1351s 198 kg |
| | | 1328.9s 647.96 m/s |
| 2013 Dec 5 | 2056 | Leave Earth Hill sphere 1.5Mkm |
| 2013 Dec 11 | 0100 | TCM-1 40.5s burn; R=2.9Mkm |
| 2014 Jun 11 | 1100 | TCM-2 16s 1.577m/s |
| 2014 Aug | | TCM-3 cancelled |
| 2014 Sep 20 | 0427 | Mars sphere 1.08Mkm |
| 2014 Sep 22 | 0040 | Mars SOI |
| 2014 Sep 22 | 0900s | TCM-4 4.0s 0.6kg 2.1m/s |
| 2014 Sep 24 | 0200 | MOI 1.099km/s | 3.66d 365 x 80000 x150.0 |
| | 0142 | Eclipse starts |
| | 0147:32 | MOI burn (SCET) 515 km 24:14 249.5 kg 1098.7m/s |
| | 0207 | Eclipse ends |
| | 0211:46 | MOI CO, 40 kg prop left | |
| | | | 4371.85 419 x 76872 x 150.04 |
| | 0217 | Resume telem |
| 2014 Oct 5 | | | 392 x 76776 x 150.1 |
| 2014 Oct 6 | 0445 | TCM to avoid comet, 1.9 km | 392 x 70998 x 150.1 |
| 2015 Mar 24 | | Primary mission complete, 37 kg prop remain |
| 2015 Jun 6 | | Begin conjunction |
| 2015 Jun 22 | | End conjunction |
| 2017 Jan 17 | |
| 500 x 71050 x 150 |