Mission mangalyan

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24-09-2014

Mars Orbit Spacecraft captures first image of Mars Click for Images

Spacecraft Successfully enters Martian Orbit More..

Burn Start of Main Liquid Engine Confirmed

The radio link between the Spacecraft and Earth is now blocked by Mars.

Eclipse starts - The Spacecraft is in shadow of Mars

Forward rotation starts

Changed Over to Medium Gain Antenna

Mars Orbit Insertion:Video-On-Demand

22-09-2014

Test Firing of Main Liquid Engine of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is Successful. More..

17-09-2014

Uploading of commands for Fourth Trajectory Correction Manoeuver and test-firing of Main Liquid Engine (scheduled for Sep 22, 2014) is in progress.

16-09-2014

Time-tagged commands to execute Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) uploaded.

15-09-2014

Time-tagged commands to execute Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) uploading and verification in progress.

Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) is scheduled on Sep 24, 2014 early morning. More..

12-06-2014

The second Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM-2) of India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was successfully performed on June 11, 2014 at 1630 hrs IST. TCM-2 was performed by firing the spacecraft's 22 Newton thrusters for a duration of 16 seconds.

At present, the radio distance between the Spacecraft and the Earth is 102 million km. A radio signal from the Earth to the Spacecraft now takes about 340 seconds. The spacecraft so far has traveled a distance of 466 million km as part of its total Journey of 680 million km.

ISRO is continuously monitoring Mars Orbiter Spacecraft using Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN). The spacecraft and its five scientific instruments are in good health.

09-04-2014

Mars Orbiter Spacecraft Crosses Half Way Mark of its Journey. More..

11-02-2014

100 Days Of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft. More..

11-12-2013

The first Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) of Spacecraft was carried out successfully at 06:30 hrs (IST) by firing the...