4. OBJECTIVES OF MISSION
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF MOM IS TO SHOWCASE
INDIA’S ROCKET LAUNCH SYSTEMS,SPACECRAFT
BULDING AND OPERATION CAPABLITIES.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE IS TO EXPLORE MARS’
SURFACE ,FEATURES,MORPHOLOGY,MINERALOGY &
MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE.
INCORPORATE AUTONOMOUS FEATURES TO
HANDEL CONTINGENCY SITUATIONS.
DEEP SPACE
COMMUNICATION,NAVIGATION,MISSION PLANING
& MANAGEMENT.
9. DATEWISE DESCRIPTION
• 5 November, 2013: ISRO's PSLV C25 launches India's Mars Orbiter Mission from Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh.
• 7 November: First Earth-bound manoeuvre performed.
• 8 November: Second Earth-bound manoeuvre performed.
• 9 November: Third Earth-bound manoeuvre performed.
• 11 November: Fourth Earth-bound manoeuvre performed.
• 12 November: Fifth Earth-bound manoeuvre performed.
• 16 November: Sixth Earth-bound manoeuvre performed.
• 1 December: MOM leaves Earth'sRIPTION orbit, Trans-Mars Injection performed.
• 4 December: MOM leaves Earth's Sphere of Influence of 9.25 lakh km radius.
• 11 December: First course correction manoeuvre performed on the spacecraft.
• 11 June, 2014: Second course correction manoeuvre executed.
• 22 September: MOM enters Mars' Gravitational Sphere of Influence; 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor
test fired after over 300 days of dormancy; last trajectory correction manoeuvre performed.
• 24 September: MOM reaches the intended orbit around Mars, making India the first country in the
world to have successfully launched its mission to the Red Planet on the very first attempt.
10. ACHIVEMENTS
THIS MISSION MADE INDIA FIRST NATION IN WORLD TO
SUCCESFULLY COMPLETE A INTERPLANETARY MISSION
IN ITS VERY FIRST ATTEMPT.
VALUABLE DATA REQUIRED TO RESEARCH FUTURE
POSSIBILITES AT MARS WAS OBTAINED THROUGH
ROVER.
AFTER THIS VERY PROJECT WORLD NATIONS CAN NOT
NEGLECT INDIA IN FUTURE IN ANY SUCH KIND OF JOINT
MISSIONS .
SCIENTIST OF ISRO GAINED VALUABLE EXPERIENCES
WHICH WILL DEFINITELY BE UESEFUL IN FUTURE
MISSIONS.