First Indian Martian probe launched into Earth orbit

India for the first time in stories country launched an unmanned spacecraft to mars.

In 13.08 Moscow time, the PSLV-C25 rocket with the Mangalyan probe was launched from the Indian Shriharikot cosmodrome with the Mangalyan probe to explore Mars. The probe successfully separated from the launch vehicle and went into Earth orbit, according to the Indian Space Research Organization.

According to calculations, the device will reach the orbit of Mars in 300 days - in September 2014. It will revolve around Mars in search of evidence that the "red planet" once had conditions suitable for life, like the earth. The device has several scientific instruments: a probe for detecting methane, a color image chamber, a pressure analyzer and a spectrometer.

Critics of the project believe that the main reason for the launch was rivalry with China, and not the desire to make a scientific discovery.

Initially, the launch was scheduled for October 28, but it was postponed due to bad weather in the Indian Ocean.

Recall that since 2012, Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) have begun to implement the Mars Exo Mars project, which involves launching an orbital Mars probe in 2016 and a rover - in 2018.

Comments

[MilaPhone]

In general, India is a country of contrasts. On the one hand, it launches an unmanned spacecraft to Mars, and on the other half of the country lives on the street in boxes in which they eat and defecate.

[DEfindER]

Quote: Milafon

India is a country of contrasts. On the one hand, it launches an unmanned spacecraft to Mars. On the other hand, half the country lives on the street in boxes.

Well, in general, we lost our phobos-soil, if it goes on, then we will not even be the second space power, but the first from the end .. The soul hurts especially for our space, so many failures lately, we have to do something ..

[Civil]

With effective managers in the country of Elephants it is bad ... it would be necessary to send Chubais to help them

[alone]

Quote: Civil

With effective managers in the country of Elephants it is bad ... it would be necessary to send Chubais to help them

and the Hindus need IT?

[Migari]

I agree about the contrasts, but we must pay tribute. Hindus receive more and more profit from modern information technologies, mechanical engineering, and pharmacology, which makes it possible to treat India with respect.

[nazgul-ishe]

Repeat our way into space. The race with China will not end well.

[Santa Fe]

it’s curious: if the probe were launched by the United States, the reaction of those present here would be fundamentally different: instead of a good humor about Indian culture and Gagarin, the public would sneak with malice and mock NASA’s achievements

This is despite the fact that everything we know about the solar system - 99% merit of American stations Pioneer, Voyager, Messenger, StarDast, Magellan, Ulysses, Galileo, Cassini, Viking, Opportunity, Curiosity, Passfinder, MPO (Martian orbital reconnaissance - 10 years in Mars orbit), Juno, New Horizons in space for 9 years (this probe and gets to Pluto only by 2015) ... The Yankees are the only ones who can send probes to the hard-to-reach Mercury and the outer planets of the solar system. So, purely for thought - not a single country (neither the USSR, nor even the Russian Federation, nor India, nor the ESA) sent probes further than Venus and Mars.

By the way, the Yankees will not remain in debt - nand on November 18, 2013, the launch of MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) is planned - a probe to study the atmosphere of Mars.

New Horizons Probe Assembly

[The fat man]

I agree with you completely

[Siberian German]

and we don’t drive with them - they go ahead and we degrade as you see - what kind of race

[Mikado]

So they have such a climate, it’s warm, live your whole life in Goa, sleep in a hammock on the seashore and don’t blow a mustache)

[Siberian German]

And you remember what the USSR was like in 61 — you still haven’t completely restored everything after the war, but you have already launched Gagarin into space. And now. and generally b ... b ... b Indians launched a probe into orbit, and ours did not even jump to orbit. I am reading this article and I am really ashamed. I am ashamed.

[sens99.ru]

Indian umbrella - sounds like a curse!

[domokl]

Conclusion ... Damn it, with this Mars, but the fact that India has carriers for the delivery of nuclear weapons to anywhere in the world

[ReifA]

The probe will bring samples of Indian culture to Mars - traditional outfits and several films. The program also includes dancing the probe with the Martians. :-)

[a52333]

AND MOVIES !!!!!!!!!! Not. well, at least kill me, I can’t take them seriously .

[Canep]

And I can’t watch IT at all (Indian cinema).

[a52333]

My congratulations. Those who watch are condolences, for this is a sentence.

[avt]

Quote: ReifA

Indian Culture - Traditional Outfits and Several Films

Uh! And they forgot the elephants! How can it be without elephants!

[sanyabasik]

But India went the right way ..

[SHILO]

Alexander. Well, you shouldn't be so! When the yaw rate sensor is correctly installed, what remains? Right! Count on God's providence. The practice of sprinkling missiles must be expanded and welcomed. It is obligatory to sprinkle "Bulava", Ka-52 helicopter, etc. And you with your picture!
P.S. My plus.

[ZU-23]

I am sincerely happy for the Hindus, it is nice to see that their people have come to this invention, not like the Americans, they bought everyone and their people have degraded.

[nazgul-ishe]

You can understand the Indians. Overpopulation ahead, where to put the people. After intelligence, they will send yogis then themselves.

[TAIM]

He served in the ShMAS training in Chardzhou. in Turkmenistan during the Soviet era. I remember in all cinemas and video salons there were Indian films. our officers joked Indian cinema is a Turkmen fairy tale. all sessions are jam-packed. Turkmens thronged to watch.

[Santa Fe]

By the way, how are the Indians going to solve issues with interplanetary communication?

Again, like Roscosmos, will they use NASA antennas in Goldstone and Canberra?

Long-range space communications complex in Canberra. The 70-meter "dish" is capable of communicating with Voyager at a distance of 18 billion km and this is not the limit ...

18 billion - to travel such a distance, you need to drive a car at a speed of 100 km / h for 20 years. Then you need to look around and consider the light from the refrigerator light at the beginning of the journey (000W - this is the power of Voyager's transmitter)

[major071]

So they flew into space 5000 years ago. Soon, the Indians will completely decipher their ancient books of Mahabharata and Ramayana, and then they will build vimans according to the drawings of 5000 years ago. Here you have India.

[nazgul-ishe]

Papelac thing is good only gravity caps are not enough.

[vlad_pr]

Yes, elephants are cool, but the numbers called Arabic are still Indian, again chess, the basics of probability theory, etc. Surely your wives, in case of back illnesses or "my head hurts," use elementary yoga techniques. Or yourself, getting into a rage in a relationship with a faithful, without even reading, you perform kama in the morning, and then, having laid the children, kama in the evening. Joke. If you read textbooks of astronomy, mathematics, physiology, etc. of the late 19th - 20th centuries, you will be pleasantly surprised. Also on weekends our TV channels are different from where they cook something called 3.14zdy, this is mainly Vedic cuisine, which is very close to Ours, almost a relative. The main meaning of which, do no harm, and "if you want to keep yourself in shape, eat anything, except for the completely harmful, only a bucket a day less."
Sincerely.

[nemec55]

Neighing, there are many horses divorced and happy for the people ??? And thanks to SWEET_SIXTEEN for smart comments ..

[Santa Fe]

No, I'm certainly a Russian and a patriot. But I will not repeat nonsense that the Yankees can’t do anything in space. Does anyone seriously believe that Roskosmos will continue to sit like a seal on ice, and the Russian Federation will continue to maintain priority in space?

Taunting NASA is the lot of the ignorant.

The new manned spacecraft Orion, the first test launch is scheduled for 2014. The device is designed for flights to LEO and beyond the limits of near-earth orbits - to the Moon, Lagrange points and the nearest asteroids. However, everything is not very fun here - for such expeditions new engines are needed on new physical. principles - with high thrust and high specific impulse, capable of accelerating the vehicle up to speeds of hundreds of km / s in a short time. Without this, manned interplanetary missions are impossible.

Alas, Humanity does not have such engines now. Even in theory. Orion is an attempt to squeeze the most out of existing technologies

[mithridate]

India - well done

[killganoff]

And at that time Roisya forward !!! 21st century, in the interplanetary space there are no vehicles with Russian symbols. But on the surface and orbits of the Moon, Venus and Mars, carriers of the symbols of the USSR remained.

[DimYang]

Indians are growing above themselves.

[USNik]

The Indians are great, they will take a picture from the orbit of the American "Curiosity". By the way, is he still driving? Or were all operators fired because of the sequestration?

[Santa Fe]

Quote: USNik

the American "Curiosity" will be taken from orbit. By the way, is he still driving? Or were all the operators fired because of the sequestration?

As of November 2013, two Mars rovers are operating on Mars

- "Opportunity" (MER-B) - spent 10 years on the surface of the Red Planet, during which time it crawled 38 km
- "Curiosity" (MSL) - has been working on Mars since July last year

Also, in the orbit of Mars are:
- Mars Odyssey (NASA) - 12 years in space
- Martian Orbital Scout (NASA) - 7 years in Mars orbit
- Mars Express (European Space Agency) - 8 years in Mars orbit

it is these stations that provide the relay of signals of rovers to the Earth.

Also, a Dawn probe (NASA) recently conducted a study of Mars from a passing trajectory - flown by, its ultimate goal is the asteroid belt

Yes ... I am really ashamed of Roskosmos and its alleged "priority" in Space

Here it is, the family of Mars explorers (former and current, successful and failed)

[Pimply]

Opportunity is generally brilliant, of course, they are great fellows. 10 years on another planet is just awesome.

[Makarov]

And in the country of poverty (unprintable word) ....

[APASUS]

I want to say that sending the Mars automatic probe to Mars by the Indians is a serious breakthrough for the country, no matter what motive they use for it. During the perestroika, we spent all our elemental base and now we can’t do anything without import, but the Indians are not progressing well in this area. It may make sense to create a couple of joint ventures in electronics, software, at least on the same satellites.

[Vitaly Anisimov]

Quote: APASUS

I want to say that sending the Mars automatic probe to Mars by the Indians is a serious breakthrough for the country, no matter what motive they use for it. During the perestroika, we spent all our elemental base and now we can’t do anything without import, but the Indians are not progressing well in this area. It may make sense to create a couple of joint ventures in electronics, software, at least on the same satellites.

I agree with you! Glad for the Indians .. sincerely! We need to integrate in all directions. We have been friends with them for a long time (not traitors for sure) .. Someone here wrote that our ancestors settled in India .. (and evidence of supposedly birch bark scrolls, etc. ..) well, it doesn’t matter .. I believe the main trust is cooperation!

[Monk in the world]

MCC - Probe! Give us the telemetry data and the time of the last trajectory correction!
PROBE - No, I won’t give you anything! I'll sing to you!

Interestingly, what is more important - to feed a third of the starving in the country, put an end to unsanitary conditions in the streets, build several dozen or even hundreds of apartments and houses at the expense of the project instead of barracks from plastic bags and cardboard, or probe Mars? On Mars, you can probably light more with state subsidies than on social programs. Just like in the homeland.