BANGALORE - India Sept 22 successfully "woke up" from nine-month slumber the engine of Mars spacecraft as it glided through deep space, and also became the first Asian country to enter the Martian sphere of influence. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientific secretary V. Koteshwara Rao told said here.India also became the first Asian country to enter the Martian sphere of influence after the...
spacecraft swung into the gravitational pull of the red planet at 9 a.m. Sept 22. "Our navigators' calculation shows that our Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has entered the gravitational sphere of influence of Mars," the space agency said on the mission's progress.
"We have also successfully conducted the fourth course (trajectory) correction of the spacecraft to ensure its smooth insertion into the Martian orbit Sept 24," Rao said from the mission's control centre at the space agency's telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac), 20 km from this tech hub. India will be the first country in the world to insert a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in a maiden attempt, if the operation succeeds Sep 24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to witness the historic occasion from the mission control centre here on Sept 24. The state-run ISRO will be the fourth space agency after National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US, Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA), and the European Space Agency to have undertaken Mission to Mars.
"We have also successfully conducted the fourth course (trajectory) correction of the spacecraft to ensure its smooth insertion into the Martian orbit Sept 24," Rao said from the mission's control centre at the space agency's telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac), 20 km from this tech hub. India will be the first country in the world to insert a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in a maiden attempt, if the operation succeeds Sep 24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to witness the historic occasion from the mission control centre here on Sept 24. The state-run ISRO will be the fourth space agency after National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US, Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA), and the European Space Agency to have undertaken Mission to Mars.
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