MANGALYAAN - MARS ORBITER MISSION

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MARS ORBITER MISSION IS A SUCCESSFUL INTERPLANETARY MISSION LAUNCHED BY ONE OF THE PROMINENT SPACE AGENCY OVER THE GLOBE , ISRO. INDIA HAS PRESENTED THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL VIEW TO THE WORLD BY ACHIEVING SUCCESS AT THEIR FIRST INTER PLANETARY MISSION . IT REGISTERED A SUCCESSFUL MISSION  IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND BECAME THE FIRST NATION TO DO SO .

THE MARS ORBITER SPACE PROBE WAS LIFTED OFF FROM THE SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE ( SRIHARI KOTA) IN ANDHRA PRADESH USING A PSLV (POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCHING VEHICLE) ON THE ICONIC DAY OF 5 TH NOVEMBER 2013.

THE MOM PROBE SPENT ABOUT A MONTH IN THE EARTH ORBIT . THEN AFTER A VOYAGE OF 298 DAYS IN SPACE , IT PENETRATED INTO THE MARS ORBIT ON 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2014 THUS MAKING THE MONUMENTAL OCCASION FOR EVERY INDIAN OVER THE ORB.

IT ALSO SMACKED A RECORD OF BEING VERY CHEAP MARS MISSION TILL DATE. THE MISSION WAS ACHIEVED AT AN EXTRA ORDINARY LOW PRICE TAG OF Rs. 450 CRORES - 1/10 Th OF THE COST FOR SIMILAR MISSION BY NASA.

IT WAS THE TECHNOLOGICAL SUPREMACY OVER THE CHINESE AS INDIA BECAME ONLY THE 4 Th COUNTRY TO DO SO AFTER THE ROSCOMOS, NASA AND EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY . THE CHINESE ORBITER FOR MARS WAS REGARDED AS A FAILURE IN 2011 . THE SITUATION PRESENTED BY THE INDIA WAS REMINISCENT TO THE SPACE RACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.

THE ISRO DESCRIBED THEIR ATTEMPTS AS A TECHNOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATOR WITH PRIMARY AMBITION INVOLVING DESIGN , PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTER PLANETARY MISSION.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS MISSION WAS BOTH TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

THE TECHNOLOGICAL AIM WAS TO MANUFACTURE SUCH PROBE AND LAUNCH IT AND TO PRESENT THE TECH VIEW OF THE NATION INDIA.

THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GOALS ARE AIMED AT EXPLORING MARTIAN SURFACE FEATURES , INCLUDING THE PLANETS MORPHOLOGY AND MINERALOGY ALONGSIDE ITS ATMOSPHERE.

'MANGALYAAN',  DEFINITELY CHERISHED THE DREAMS OF MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ASPIRE TO SET THEIR CAREER AS A SCIENTIST. THE ROAD TO MARS ORBIT WAS A LONG JOURNEY AND MANY INVENTIONS AND VOYAGE ARE STILL TO BE DELIVER WHICH WILL PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR YOUNG BRAINS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT . THIS WAY INDIA WILL SURELY STRENGTHEN ITS POSITION IN THE TECH WORLD OVER THE ORB.

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